Delta Air Lines will expand its international schedule with new and expanded service to cities in Asia and Europe for spring and summer 2011, continuing its focus on markets with high demand for business travel. The airline’s most significant expansion will be in Asia, where Delta has recently seen revenue growth of more than 50 percent. Delta applied with the U.S. Department of Transportation to begin new routes to Beijing and Guangzhou, and plans expanded service to Shanghai and Manila.

Star Alliance will be expanding its presence in Latin America following the unanimous approval by its Chief Executive Board (CEB), to accept both Avianca-TACA and Copa Airlines as future member airlines.

On Nov. 16, Caribbean Airlines officially opened its doors in Kingston, Jamaica at a brand new City Ticket Office at 7 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 5. The airline’s slogan “One Vision, One Caribbean, One Airline” was alive at the opening of the state of the art ticket office, which was opened in a record two months, as both Caribbean Airlines and Air Jamaica staff worked tirelessly to ensure the office would be ready to receive customers in time for the traditional Christmas peak.

LAN Airlines and Lonely Planet have signed a five-year agreement at the World Travel Market in London. In this partnership, LAN Airlines is licensing content from Lonely Planet to promote tourism in South America and worldwide.

Air Canada has begun the only Montréal-Phoenix nonstop flights. The seasonal service, operating Saturdays and Sundays until April 30, 2011, offers flights timed to facilitate convenient connections to/from Ottawa, Québec City, Saint John, Fredericton, Halifax and Charlottetown.

British Airways is introducing first class on its popular Las Vegas route next summer (from June 1, 2011) and increasing capacity by 18 percent. The direct daily flight from Terminal 5 at Heathrow was launched a year ago and operated by a three-class Boeing 777.