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BRUSSELS AIRLINES presented turnaround plan that includes reducing fleet from 54 to 38 aircraft (it is removing two of its 10 A330s, nine of its 39
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Scott Kirby to Chief Executive Officer of United Airlines, Chicago; Oscar Munoz is transitioning to Executive Chair.
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US DOT estimates top 24 US airlines carried 38.7m pax (34.1m domestic/4.6m international) in March, down 51% vs March 2019.
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Sean Sullivan to Chief Financial Officer of Vx Capital Partners, San Francisco.
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Wu Zhendong to Chairman of Asian Sky Group (ASG), Hong Kong.
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GARUDA is working with Indonesian Govt to draft $1b financing proposal to restructure $500m Islamic bond and provide $500m bridging loans for working
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ALITALIA is to be relaunched in June with at least €3b from Italian Govt; it is expected to begin with about 90 aircraft.
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MESA had $1.9m net income in 1Q20 (vs $13.2m in 1Q19) on 1.5% higher revenues; primary reason for $14.1m reduction in pretax income was anticipated
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US DOT has relaxed service (destination) obligations for US carriers covered under the CARES Act in light of ongoing challenges.
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Robert Johnson to Vice President-Flight Operations of Hawaiian Airlines.
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Brett J. Hart to President of United Airlines, Chicago.
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LONDON HEATHROW handled 206k pax in April, down 97% vs April 2019.
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SINGAPORE CHANGI is suspending operations at T4 (in addition to T2) on May 16 and will now operate only at T1 and T3; traffic was down 99.5% in April.
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TAV, Turkey and VPE CAPITAL agreed to acquire ALMATY INTL AIRPORT.
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