JetBlue Airways continues expanding in San Juan, P.R., with the addition of daily nonstop service to Jacksonville, Fla., beginning May 19, 2011. The new route will be the only nonstop service between the Caribbean and Jacksonville. This follows last week’s announcement of new JetBlue service between San Juan and Tampa

The CEOs of American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia are bullish on the benefits that their new trilateral relationship brings to their customers. The three carriers will now codeshare on more than 2,600 additional flights and are reconfiguring their departures. BA CEO Willie Walsh said the result is more convenience for passengers.

Bmi will begin new, daily service from London to the Libyan capital of Tripoli. Good connections from New York, Boston, Washington-Dulles, Houston and Chicago are available with Star Alliance and codeshare partners Continental Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and United. Connections can also be made with ease from Toronto, Canada, and are offered in conjunction with Star Alliance member and codeshare partner Air Canada.

American Airlines and its regional affiliate, American Eagle, are increasing their service to and from Mexico. American said the additional service is a result of increased demand, in part related to the suspension of flights by Mexicana Airlines on Aug. 11. American is increasing its Dallas/Fort Worth-Mexico City service from four daily roundtrips to five on Nov. 18.

S7 Airlines, a Russian domestic carrier, will become part of oneworld on Nov 15, substantially expanding its network throughout Russia and the rest of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Air France and KLM have launched their new mobile websites – mobile.airfrance.com and www.KLM.com  for mobile. Their respective free applications for iPhones are available via the iPhone App Store, and soon as well for BlackBerry’s via BlackBerry App World.

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