TAP Announces Passenger-Sharing Deal with JetBlue
TAP Portugal recently announced plans to start two new services: from Lisbon to Boston and New York JFK. The Portuguese carrier has also made a deal with JetBlue that will allow both airlines to sell connecting seats on each other’s flights. This means that passengers could fly all the way to Portugal from anywhere that JetBlue serves with a single ticket.

American Airlines Upgrades Heathrow Lounge
American Airlines is continuing its global lounge renovations with a $3 million upgrade to its AA Arrivals lounge in London Heathrow. Qantas will also be constructing a new lounge at Heathrow for business and first class passengers.

South African Low-Cost Carriers Want to Merge
South African low-cost carrier FlySafair has said that it would like to buy fellow LCC Mango from its parent company, South African Airways. The government, which owns a majority stake in SAA and Mango, recently said that it was no longer interested in retaining ownership of the four airlines that it currently controls.

Air France-KLM Profits Stuck in Egypt
Air France-KLM has asked Egypt to release more than $13 million in revenue that it has been trying to get since last October. The money is still in the country because of an acute dollar shortage. This has been a problem in Egypt since the 2011 uprising.