Hawaiian Airlines has broadened its codeshare agreement with Virgin Australia that offers travellers in more than a dozen Australian and New Zealand cities a wider and more convenient network of flights to Hawai’i. Over coming weeks, travellers will also enjoy one-stop check-in and baggage transfers to their final destination and loyalty rewards benefits.

The last 24 hours has brought two new international flights to Boston Logan International Airport, thanks to Delta Air Lines’ joint venture partners KLM and Virgin Atlantic.

Qantas has relaunched services to Fiji for the first time in nearly 20 years, with a new direct flight from Sydney taking off today in time for the April school holidays.

Hainan Airlines’ first 787-9 Dreamliner with “Dream Feather” interiors was delivered to the airline’s hangars at Haikou Meilan International Airport this week, marking an overall upgrade of the airline’s brand visual design. 

Singapore Airlines has celebrated 35 years of service to Brisbane by announcing it will covert its four daily flights to/from Singapore to be an entirely Airbus A350-900 aircraft operation, from Wednesday 1 May 2019.

Virgin Atlantic has confirmed it will commence flights between London Heathrow and São Paulo, Brazil in 2020. Flying daily between London Heathrow and São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport, the 11 hr 55 min flight is Virgin Atlantic’s first foray into the South American continent.

Qatar Airways has announced a range of upgrades to the customer experience on the Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide route. The Doha-based airline will introduce the new state-of-the-art Airbus A350-1000 once-daily on its Canberra-Sydney-Doha route, effective 27 October 2019. The afternoon A350-1000 flight (from Canberra/Sydney) will compliment Qatar Airways’ existing A380 evening service between Sydney and Doha.

British Airways has unveiled its anticipated new Business Class seat – ‘Club Suite’ – and confirmed it will arrive on the first of its A350 aircraft in July.

Singapore Airlines and wellness brand COMO Shambhala, which forms part of the COMO Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding last week on a wide-ranging partnership aimed at enhancing the customer experience for travellers.

Oman Air has partnered with Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, in Muscat to offer an exclusive benefit to its First and Business class passengers.

Lufthansa Group’s Supervisory Board has approved the purchase of a total of 40 state-of-the-art aircraft for the group’s airlines. The 20 Boeing 787-9 and 20 additional Airbus A350-900 planes will primarily be replacing four-engine aircraft. The new planes will be delivered between late 2022 and 2027.