Ryanair has announced plans to establish a hub at Leeds Bradford Airport, which will become the airline’s 34th base and its 11th UK base airport. A Ryanair spokesman said the new base, which will open next March, would create 1,000 jobs in Yorkshire.

AirTran Airways will expand its operations at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and Washington’s Reagan National Airport beginning November 4.

Brazilian Carrier TAM and Air China will begin operating codeshare flights that connect Sao Paulo and Beijing this month. The agreement will provide greater comfort and convenience to passengers of both companies.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Continental Airlines announced an expansion of the Paperless Boarding Pass pilot program at San Diego International Airport. The program will allow passengers to receive boarding passes electronically on their cell phones or PDAs, which will then be scanned by TSA security officers at the checkpoint and eliminate the need for a paper boarding pass.

JetBlue Airways Corp., working to keep planes full after the peak US summer travel season ends, has offered a $599 travel pass that lets passengers take unlimited flights for a month.

Lufthansa said it is expanding its online services at www.lufthansa.com . Not only can customers make flight bookings online, they can now obtain any necessary ticket refunds on the Internet.