![Thursday airline updates: Delta waves goodbye to middle seats](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Delta_CS100.jpg)
Delta has temporarily stopped allocating passengers middle seats as it moves towards increasing social distancing measures on its flights.
![From the archives: One Boeing 787 delivery down, 820 to go](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Untitled-3_1170.jpg)
This story from the Australian Aviation archives is from November 2011 when Geoffrey Thomas wrote about the first Boeing 787 delivery to All Nippon Airways.
![Virgin Australia outlines plans for new Brisbane-Tokyo Haneda flights](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Todays-revoluton-result-the-a330-A330-243_VH-XFJ_SYDNEY_1JULY2017_SETH-JAWORSKI-1_1170.jpg)
Virgin Australia is seeking one of the new slots available to Tokyo Haneda airport to launch nonstop flights from Brisbane in partnership with Japan's ANA.
![Perth welcomes start of nonstop Tokyo flights from ANA](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EDYTp03VAAAT6qo.jpg-large_1170.jpeg)
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the first airline to fly nonstop between Perth and Tokyo since 2011, with its inaugural flight landing on Sunday.
![Excitement building for All Nippon Airways’ Perth-Tokyo service](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/NARITA_AIRPORT_TOKYO_A_1170.jpg)
Excitement is building ahead of All Nippon Airways' (ANA) nonstop flights between Perth and Tokyo Narita starting on September 1 2019.
![Japan’s All Nippon Airways becomes the 15th Airbus A380 operator](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/first-A380-ANA-MSN262-ferry-flight-006_1170.jpg)
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the 15th Airbus A380 operator after taking delivery of the first of three aircraft on order.