A celebration was held at Terminal 4 at JFK Airport as Qatar Airways launched a new service from JFK to Doha. The new route gives Qatar Airways its second daily non-stop service to America, supplementing existing daily services to Washington DC. The JFK service replaces Qatar Airways' one-stop, six-times-a-week operation between Doha and Newark

Liberty International Airport, which was introduced in June 2007.

JetBlue Airways has reported plans to launch its first service to South America. From 29 January 2009 the airline will be operating daily non-stop flights between Orlando, Florida and Bogota, Colombia. The flights will originate at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, thus offering a one-stop same-aircraft service between Bogota and New York. The launch of this service is subject to receiving operating approval from the government of Colombia.

As airline passengers grow wary, and perhaps weary, of the more fees and higher ticket prices, some U.S. carriers may look to onboard advertisements as a way to raise revenue without further tapping customers' wallets and patience. Advertisements already adorn the bottoms of security bins, in-flight television screens and boarding passes - not to mention ads that have been appearing in-flight for years, such as those on napkins, beverages and magazines. But Harlan Platt, a finance professor at Northeastern University, said that the number of onboard advertisements could soar as airlines try new ways to raise cash. As far as what kinds of ads will likely pop up on a plane's overhead bin, cabin bathroom door, or elsewhere, "The sky's the limit," said Platt. "I really hope the pilots don't have ads on the back of their shirts, but other than that I think anything goes," he said. "It's all about taking advantage of an asset." Some airlines outside of the U.S. have already offered much of their fleet for ad space. Dublin-based low-cost carrier Ryanair, for example, solicits ads for its overhead bins, tray tables and aircraft exterior.

Wall Street turmoil threatens to erode the critical New York-to-Boston shuttle service, which had a 17 percent drop in passengers in the first half of this year as companies scaled back travel budgets and road warriors increasingly chose trains and buses over planes. Now, demand could slip further for the shuttle flights operated by Delta Air Lines Inc. and US Airways, which each operate 15 to 16 daily flights. That could force the airlines to make cuts on the route which draws many business travelers from Wall Street. "The airlines, of course, don't have a whole lot of choice," said Dan Kasper, managing director of LECG, a Cambridge consulting firm that has studied the shuttle service. New York-to-Boston is an important route for airlines because it carries the most business travelers in the country. Capturing a larger chunk of that market has consumed US Airways and Delta - which fly between Logan International Airport and LaGuardia Airport. They face competition from American Airlines Inc. and JetBlue Airways Corp., which also fly the route, though less frequently.

Delta says it plans to block access to certain websites on its soon-to-be-launched in-flight Wi-Fi service. Delta had previously planned to rely on flight attendants to handle inappropriate situations, such as pornography surfing. But after feedback from customers and attendants, the airline changed its policy and is working with Wi-Fi provider Aircell to use a system to block inappropriate content. Delta spokesman Kent Landers tells the Journal-Constitution that "blocking will be limited in scope and will be for the few sites, if any, that would be inappropriate to be viewed on an aircraft." Delta announced in August that it plans to install broadband wireless access across its entire domestic mainline fleet. Delta hopes to complete the roll out by mid-2009.

All Nippon Airways Co. said that it now expects to receive its first delivery of Boeing Co.'s medium-sized 787 Dreamliner in August 2009, 15 months behind schedule due to repeated production delays at the U.S. aircraft maker. To cover its capacity needs until the 787 delivery, ANA said it will introduce nine Boeing 767-300ER aircraft in the 2010 and 2011 business years. ANA still plans to buy 50 of the fuelefficient 787 aircraft, but now expects to receive them at a rate of about six per year from August 2009 to 2017, marking an average delay of two years in delivery. ANA said the delay in deliveries will not affect its earnings estimates for the current fiscal year. Japan Airlines Corp. also said last week that it agreed with Boeing to postpone the first 787 delivery for 14 months until October 2009 and introduce a total of 11 Boeing 777 and 767 aircraft to meet its capacity needs.