Alitalia and Jet Airways signed an MOU to codeshare on seasonal winter flights to Italian and Indian destinations. Eastern Airways will increase 10-times-weekly Newcastle–Cardiff flights to 11-times-weekly with new Sunday service starting Oct. 31. World Airways received US FAA authorization to operate Polar routings, allowing the carrier to eliminate intermediate stops for several routes, reduce flight times and save fuel.
Southwest Airlines will introduce service to and from South Carolina, the 36th state in its network, with routes from Greenville–Spartanburg and Charleston, beginning March 13. From Charleston, SWA will operate thrice-daily service to Baltimore, twice-daily flights to Chicago Midway, daily service to Nashville and daily flights to Houston Hobby. From Greenville, it will begin twice-daily service to Baltimore, twice-daily to Chicago Midway, daily to Nashville, daily to Houston Hobby and daily to Orlando.
Qatar Airways launched six-times-weekly Doha–Kuala Lumpur-Phuket service. Jet2.com will operate seasonal Manchester–Brive service starting May 21. Malev will operate summer 2011 seasonal service from Budapest to Heraklion (thrice-weekly, June 11-Sept. 24), Corfu (thrice-weekly, June 11-Sept. 24) and Burgas (twice-weekly, June 18-Sept. 17).