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Southwest Airlines today announced that Reid Grandle, Senior Director in the Corporate Strategy Department, has been promoted to Vice President Corporate Strategy, succeeding Mike Delehant, who recently left Southwest Airlines to pursue a role with a European airline.
Following an agreement in principle on August 12, 2016, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has reached a tentative agreement with United Airlines on a six-year joint collective bargaining agreement covering more than 9,000 technicians, finalizing the language in the contract.
Wasaya Airways has announced the addition of Bombardier Dash 8s to their fleet.
Blink today announced that it is combining with Wijet to create the world’s largest air taxi company, with an enterprise value of €45m.
Wizz Air today announced two new low-fare routes from its Craiova base.
Singapore Airlines is to launch a new route linking Jakarta with Sydney while also boosting Singapore-Jakarta flight frequency, in an increase of its operations to both Indonesia and Australia.
Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, has expanded its codeshare agreement with Jet Airways to offer convenient one-stop connections to two major cities in East Asia.
Africa
RwandAir, the national flag carrier of the Republic of Rwanda, has taken delivery of its first of two Airbus long-haul widebody A330 aircraft.
airberlin today unveiled a far-reaching restructuring of its business, which will see the company concentrate its core operations as a dedicated, focused network carrier serving higher-yielding markets, from its two key hubs in Berlin and Dusseldorf, with a core fleet of 75 aircraft.
Hong Kong Airlines has announced the appointment of Mr Tang King Shing as Vice Chairman and Executive Director of the Board.