Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana

This is the first start-up aid scheme that the European Commission has assessed under its new guidelines on state aid to airports and airlines which came into force on April 4, 2014. The guidelines have simplified the rules on public support granted by Member States for the start-up of new air transport routes.

LAN Airlines welcomed its first 787 in August 2012 and has a total of 22 787-8s on order and a further four larger 787-9s. It currently operates a fleet of six examples all configured in a two-class arrangement with 217 seats in Economy and 30 in Premium Business.

AirTran Airways, initially formed as ValuJet in 1993, will operate its last scheduled flight on December 28, 2014 with AirTran Flight 001 (marketed as Southwest ‘WN5001’) operating between Atlanta and Tampa Bay that evening, the same flight number and routing of ValuJet's inaugural flight on October 26, 1993.

US carrier JetBlue Airways continues to grow at its South Florida focus city of Fort Lauderdale with two new daily non-stop routes from Hollywood

UK tour operators Thomson and First Choice have confirmed they will add new direct holiday options from Glasgow Airport to Punta Cana, Dominican

US carrier Frontier Airlines has made an official application to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to launch flights between Chicago Rockford

European tour operator TUI has announced a notable expansion of its leisure network from Hamburg Airport in Germany for the winter 2013/2014 schedule

Copa Airlines has confirmed that the US city of Boston will be added to its route network from its Tocumen International Airport hub in Panama City as

US low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines has revealed its wholly-owned subsidiary AirTran Airways will introduce flights from Chicago Midway to Montego

Air Canada has unveiled the launch plans of its new leisure airline, marking a major step in the transformation of Canada’s flag carrier to compete in

European leisure carrier XL Airways France has expanded its fleet following the acceptance of its first brand new Airbus A330-300 from the

JetBlue Airways from 01MAY13 further expands operation between Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic, with the launch of daily San Juan – Punta Cana