Czech Airline CSA is offering flights from Copenhagen to New York, via Prague from DKK 3500. Starting from the launch of the summer schedule, CSA are operating flights between Copenhagen and Prague on Monday, Thursday and Friday, offering good connections to New York. CSA are also operating flights to Toronto, but the connection only works on Fridays in this case, costing from DKK 4400, including taxes.Delta Air Lines has begun a new service between Edinburgh and New York JFK, joining Continental Airlines as the only to operate direct flights from Scotland to New York.Starting May 8, Aer Lingus will increase their check-in fee for bags on short-haul flights by up to 50 per cent. Checking bags in at the airport will see an increase from € 12 to € 18, while online check-in will increase from € 9 to € 12. The increase is made as an encouragement to get a larger amount of passengers to rely more on hand baggage in order to facilitate faster processing.
Starting in July history will be made as a direct flight between China and Taiwan will be launched. The political conflict between the two states has been active for 5 decades, but finally a route between the two has been accepted. The route will be operated by Air China between Beijing and Taipei.