Cuba Travel Services, Inc. will relaunch weekly nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Havana next week. Departures will be from Los Angeles International Airport at Terminal 6. Cuba Travel Services, Inc. had to shut down their nonstop Los Angeles to Havana flights due to the Bush administration.

American Airlines has launched a national advertising campaign aimed at U.S. Hispanic travelers in an effort to increase American’s business and to better serve the booming Latino population.

Bmi, London Heathrow’s second-largest airline, has added new destinations to its growing code-share route network from the United States after expanding its code-share relationship with Virgin Atlantic. The new code-share arrangements cover routes between the U.S. and bmi’s growing Middle East, Russia and CIS network.

The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines in March 2009 declined by 9.1 percent from March 2008, dropping by 6.1 million to 61.0 million the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported. March was the 13th consecutive month with a decrease in passengers from the prior year.

Regional airline Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) received public commendation from Nevis Premier and Tourism Minister Joseph Parry for what he said was their continued commitment to the Caribbean, in particular Nevis, in the face of a sluggish world economy.

JetBlue Airways is expanding at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport with two international routes linking its South Florida focus city with Cancun, Mexico, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.