Weekly Travel News Recap: September 9 – September 15, 2012

Here are some of the relevant travel news headlines and stories from the previous week:

• Low-cost carriers quickly adding more flights to South and Central America – Budget airlines, such as JetBlue, Southwest, and Spirit Airlines, are rapidly expanding their destination network by adding more flights to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. (NY Times)
• JFK airport employees arrested in mini-bottle theft – 18 employees at New York City’s JFK airport were arrested for establishing a ring that stole over 100,000 mini-bottles of alcohol from American Airlines, along with other goods, such as duty-free cigarettes, larger bottles of liquor, and perfume. (AP via USA Today)
• Norwegian Cruise Line launches Spanish-language site - Norwegian Cruise Line is trying to accommodate their Spanish-speaking customers by launching a new Spanish language Web site. (NY Times)
• Emirates Airlines say they won’t join any global airline alliances - Emirates Airlines has confirmed that they don’t plan on following the paths of many of their competitors in joining one of the three large airline alliances in the world – oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam. (USA Today)

Christian “Krzysiek“ Eilers is a twenty-something who constantly likes to look at the next flight out of JFK. His life goal is to visit every country in the world; as a young adult working full-time while also taking classes, he often settles on visiting the near countries of Central and South America and the Caribbean, knocking these off the list as it is less of a financial strain than Europe or Asia. Caffeine is his vice, and if he doesn’t have a coffee in his hands, then it’s probably a green tea. A native of New York City, when he is not traveling, he can find an abundance of cultural influences right in his own city, enough to keep him satisfied until the next country’s beckon cannot be ignored any longer.