A GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. said that it has filed with Delta Air Lines a request for authorization to implement a codeshare agreement with Brazilian and U.S. authorities. The codeshare will initially allow Delta to assign its code to more than 45 GOL flights departing from Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to other Brazilian destinations, as well as two GOL flights between Brazil and Paraguay and Uruguay, pending government approval.

The International Air Traffic Association is reporting that the upturn in international air travel continued in February, reflecting the increasingly positive economic environment. Premium travel rose 5.9 percent in February, while economy travel was up 6.9 percent. Total international passenger numbers increased by 6.8 percent in February, less than the 9.5 percent rise in RPKs due to increasing average distances flown.

Regional airline Windward Islands Airways (WINAIR) has upgraded its website to allow passengers from the islands of Saba, St Eustatius and St Maarten to purchase tickets on Insel Air.

Air Canada has launched its California expansion with the inaugural flight of a new service between Toronto and Orange County.

Vueling, the new-generation Spanish low-fare airline, will launch flights to Scotland on 24th June, 2010 with a three times weekly direct route between Edinburgh and Barcelona. The new route will complement the airline’s existing UK operations from London Heathrow to Bilbao, La Coruna and Seville.

With summer just around the corner, Torontonians and Bostonians can start planning Caribbean getaways to Bucuti Beach Resort now with new WestJet and JetBlue flights to Aruba. The flights, which launch in May, make it easy to experience the ultimate adults-only romantic getaway at Bucuti.