SriLankan Airlines will be rescheduling its flights to operate between 5 am and 9pm to and from Colombo International Airport with immediate effect until further notice. Full details of flights affected will be published shortly, but in the meantime reservations staff are contacting passengers traveling within the next 48 hours on rescheduled services to advise them of the revised timings. Peter Hill, CEO said, "We sincerely regret any inconvenience caused to our customers as a result of our decision not to operate into and out of Colombo International Airport between 9pm and 5 am, however the safety of our passengers, crew and aircraft is our prime concern and one that we will not compromise on under any circumstances."

Continental Airlines moves debut of nonstop service between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Mumbai, India to October 1 instead of October 30 as originally planned following positive buzz. Continental will initially operate the service four times a week—departing New York Liberty on Sundays, Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays -- with the frequency increasing to daily service effective October 28, 2007, subject to government approval. Continental's New York Liberty-Mumbai flights will be operated by Boeing 777-200 aircraft.

"We were in preliminary talks with Boeing, but Airbus gave us a better deal," T. Venkattram Reddy, chairman of Flyington Freighters, told a Reuters reporter on the sidelines of the signing ceremony with Airbus. So Flyington Freighters orders Airbus A330-200 freighters with a firm order for six aircraft. In 2009 Flyington will be world’s first operator of the new aircraft. Airbus says A330-200F is the only mid-size, long-haul all-cargo aircraft capable of carrying 64 tons over 4,000 nautical miles / 7400 kilometers in "range mode" configuration, or 69 metric tons up to 3200 nm / 5930 km in “payload mode.”

Makeover marketing campaign at Delta started with new employee attire last year.  Now Delta Air Lines is painting aircraft looking to improve their look to a new younger, more forward thinking product. But for many who awaited return of Delta's triangular shield logo, known as "the widget," to the tail of its jets, apparently that ship has sailed or at least taken off.

DHL recently announced introduction of Trade Advisory Services in India covering a wide range of services in effect expanding the global DHL Global Trade Services (GTS) platform. Trade Advisory Services complements three features of the DHL Global Trade Services, including Importer and Exporter of Record Services, Customs Brokerage Services, and Trade Automation Services. DHL says since launch in late 2006, Global Trade Services has helped to facilitate cross-border trading by helping businesses manage complex duty regulations, shorten lengthy business processes. DHL Trade Advisory Services is in partnership with U.S.-based company Sandler and Travis Trade Advisory Services, a customs and trade consulting firm.

.	SAS launches new route between Stockholm and Bangkok at the end of October 2007. Flight will operate thrice weekly with A340-300s.

Don’t look now, but Britain surrendered Hong Kong ten years ago. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR Government, China gave two young Pandas to Ocean Park Hong Kong, a marine-based theme park located on the southern side of Hong Kong Island The giant pandas were born in August 2005 at the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas in Wolong, Sichuan. Crown Worldwide (HK) Limited was responsible for transporting these national treasures on April 26 to their new home, and the public will get to see them—as well as AnAn and JiaJia, two giant pandas living at Ocean Park since 1999, beginning July 1, the day marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR Government. Crown Worldwide Group, headquartered in Hong Kong, was established in 1965. Crown is a privately held company with over 200 offices in 50 countries.

Hai Phong International Tourism Joint Venture Co. and ViVa Macau Airline officially launched an international air cargo service linking Hai Phong and Macau on Sunday, May 5. ViVa Macau is operating one cargo flight a day on the route with a maximum load of 60 tons. However, in the first three months of test operations, each flight will only carry from 3-5 tons of cargo. The opening of the air freight service route marks a new step forward in the development of Cat Bi Airport in the northern port city of Hai Phong as well as its cooperation with ViVa Macau Airline. The service will also facilitate the export of goods from businesses in Hai Phong and neighboring provinces. A direct air service between Macau and Hai Phong was launched in September 2006. Since then, the Cat Bi airport has received nearly 500 flights with about 40,000 passengers.