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Celebrating World Environment Day, UNWTO has launched a biodiversity project in Georgia to protect mountain and freshwater ecosystems through tourism. 
Air France and Air Burkina have decided to closely cooperate by signing a commercial code-share agreement on the Paris-Ouagadougou route.
Alaska Air Group Inc. reported May operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, and on a combined basis.
London celebrated with a staggering fleet of 1000 boats taking to the River Thames, 670 of which achieved a new Guinness World Record for the world's Largest parade of boats as part of the Thames Jubilee Pageant, to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. London has smashed a previous record of 327 set by a boat flotilla in Germany in April 2011.
Preliminary traffic figures for the month of April released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed further growth in international air passenger numbers, but international air cargo markets remained weak. 
Europe’s leading network carriers have applauded EU and US regulators for finalising a long-awaited air cargo security agreement that will simplify processes for airlines carrying freight across the Atlantic.