Hong Kong’s Executive Council has—in principle at least—endorsed the construction of a third runway at Hong Kong International (HKI), according to the official Hong Kong government website.
Virgin America and Korean Air (KE) have announced an interline agreement for travel on both carriers' networks across North American, Asian and South American routes. From Seoul Inchon, KE passengers will be able to connect at Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle-Tacoma (SEA) and Las Vegas McCarran (LAS) to several other Virgin America destinations.
Strikes in Kuwait have continued to a fifth day grounding many of national carrier Kuwait Airways flights and leading to chaos in the airport as customs officers also stay away.
Brazil’s GOL has submitted a route right request to the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) to operate a 5X-weekly São Paulo-Miami, Fla. service, its first US route.
Lufthansa (LH) will take delivery of five Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft this year as part of its biggest fleet modernization program in its history.