British Airways begins 3X-weekly London Gatwick-Larnaca service June 30.

SilkAir will begin 3X-weekly Singapore-Semarang (July 29) and -Makassar (Aug. 1) with Airbus A319s/A320s.

Singapore Airlines will take over 2X-daily Singapore-Surabaya flights from subsidiary SilkAir, with Airbus A330 aircraft July 26. It will also add a ninth daily service to Jakarta, and fourth daily to Denpasar.

JetBlue will begin daily New York JFK-Port-au-Prince and twice-daily Fort Lauderdale-Port-au-Prince service Dec. 5.

Lufthansa transfer further flights to its subsidiary Germanwings as a part of its restructuring program SCORE . Lufthansa is transferring non-hub routes to the low-cost carrier to bring European flights back to profitability.

From Oct. 27, Lufthansa will transfer flights to Germanwings from Berlin Tegel to Birmingham, Bologna and Geneva. Also from Oct. 27, Germanwings will operate Hamburg-Moscow Vnukovo flights. From Nov. 13, routes to Nurnberg and Rome Fiumicino will be transferred; flights to Bucaresti Otopeni will follow Nov. 14. Starting Nov. 27, Germanwings will take over Lufthansa’s Helsinki, Milan Malpensa and Vienna routes.

US Airways said it has priced an offering of Class C enhanced equipment trust certificates in the aggregate face amount of approximately $ 100 million.

“This offering is an additional issuance from the company’s Series 2012-2 series of enhanced equipment trust certificates, under which an offering of Class A certificates and Class B certificates closed on Dec. 13, 2012,” the company said in a statement.

US Airways said it will use the proceeds from the offering to reimburse the company for the cost of the purchase of two Airbus aircraft and two Airbus aircraft scheduled to be delivered prior to the date of issuance of the certificates, to finance its purchase of seven Airbus aircraft scheduled to be delivered from June 2013 to October 2013 and to use the balance, if any, for general corporate purposes. 

The $ 100 million financing is comprised of Class C certificates with a final expected distribution date of June 3, 2018.  The certificates are expected to be issued on June 6, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.

All Nippon Airways Boeing 787

All Nippon Airways (ANA) will operate five non-scheduled Boeing 787 flights at the end of May, marking a return to service by the Dreamliner launch customer since the aircraft was grounded in January .

All flights will be between Sapporo and Tokyo Haneda, beginning with two on May 26, another May 27, one on May 30 and another on May 31.

The Japanese carrier will resume scheduled 787 services from June 1 , but said Thursday the May non-scheduled flights were being operated in anticipation of high passenger demand.

ANA has implemented modifications to the battery system of all 17 of its 787 aircraft and conducted 170 proving flights and cockpit crew training.

 “The safety of passengers is our number one priority. Modifications for all 787 have been implemented and ANA has undertaken its own additional testing. The 787 remains a game-changing aircraft, important from an environmental, efficiency and passenger comfort perspective,” ANA president and CEO Osamu Shinobe said.

Indonesia’s Lion Air plans to base up to six Boeing 737-800s with its new Thai subsidiary, which will be based at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport, according to a report in the Bangkok Post .

Thai CAA director general Woradej Harnprasert confirmed to the newspaper that Lion Air is setting up the venture, although it has not yet applied for an air operator’s certificate.

The report also stated Lion Air has started recruiting pilots, cabin and ground staff for the new carrier, which will need to be a set up as a joint venture in partnership with local investors.

Lion Air recently launched new Malaysian subsidiary Malindo Air , which performed its first flight March 22.

The Indonesian carrier ordered 234 Airbus family aircraft in March.

Croatia Airlines flight attendants have reached an agreement with management, ending a nine-day strike that started May 14. Pilot and flight attendant unions called the strike to protest planned salary cuts and layoffs, which are part of restructuring efforts by the loss-making state carrier. No details on the agreement have been released.

Operations returned to normal throughout its network on Thursday.

Earlier this week, Croatia Airlines pilots settled their dispute with the airline and ended their strike action.

So far it is unclear how many of the 1,500 employees will be laid off. Local newspapers reported restructuring efforts include plans to cut around 200 employees and salaries 40%, according to the unions, as the carrier prepares for membership in the European Union.

Minister of Transport Sinisa Doncic said earlier the Star Alliance member faces bankruptcy if it does not move forward with restructuring.

The carrier’s debt is estimated €150 million ($ 194 million).