JetBlue Airways and LAN Airlines S.A. and its affiliates LAN Peru, LAN Argentina and LAN Ecuador, have announced interline agreements that bring new connecting options for travelers flying between major destinations throughout the Americas via New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

KLM is to boost its weekly schedule of flights from Amsterdam to Aruba from two to five from October following strong growth in UK numbers to the island. Brits can pick up the flights from departure points at 19 airports around the UK. The move follows robust growth in visitor numbers to the Caribbean island.
 

British Airways has launched its new Caribbean campaign offering customers better value holiday packages. The airline, which flies to more Caribbean islands than any other carrier from the UK, is running the campaign this March together with local tourist board partners, including Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts, Dominican Republic, Cancun plus Bermuda.

The US government has given permission to eight more airports to offer direct charter flights to and from Cuba in the latest small opening in the 49-year-long US trade embargo against the island nation.

Jet Airways and US Airways have announced a reciprocal frequent flyer partnership. JetPrivilege members now can earn and redeem JPMiles while they travel on the entire global network of US Airways.

American Airlines has now been serving Haiti for 40 years. It flew its first fight, a Boeing 707, on March 2, 1971, into Port-au-Prince. Today, American offers six daily nonstop flights to Haiti -- three from Miami International Airport, two from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and one from New York’s JFK Airport. American operates flights into Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport with its Boeing 737 and 767 aircraft.