Argentinian carrier Southern Winds has commenced four times weekly services between Buenos Aires and Miami.

UK charter start-up Astraeus will expand operations to the Red Sea resort of Taba in Egypt for its winter season.

EasyJet has cancelled the two Go routes on which both carriers competed - from Belfast International to Edinburgh and Glasgow. The two airlines are in the throes of a merger. Meanwhile, Go will launch daily services from Bristol to Venice from 27 October.

Santa Barbara Airlines Cargo has begun daily freight services from Miami to Curacao, Caracas, Valencia, Aruba and Maracaibo, using McDonnell Douglas DC-10F and Antonov An-26 aircraft.

LanChile has started flying from Santiago to Auckland and on to Sydney three times a week in a code share with Qantas.

From 27 October, Thai Airways International will start three weekly flights from Bangkok to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Geneva and Xiamen. Frequencies will be boosted to Beijing, Busan Chengdu, Frankfurt, Hanoi, London, Melbourne, and Tokyo (via Phuket).

Source: Flight International

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