With this release, the AIR runtime has gone global:
- The runtime has been translated into ten additional languages: Japanese, French, German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese.
- The AIR APIs and file formats have been updated to enable AIR-based applications to be localized
- International keyboard input is fully supported
- AIR 1.1 is GB18030 certified

Additionally, a new certificate migration feature is available which allows developers to migrate their applications between different digital signing certificates. 

Get your copy of AIR 1.1

In order to use the new functionality there are a few steps that must be followed first. Matt Chotin has written an article outlining these steps.