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Sean Broderick

Southwest Airlines’ plans to add Chicago O’Hare and Houston Intercontinental airports to its route map continue its push into the few top metro-area airports it did not serve—while better positioning the carrier for a rebound in business traffic.
 
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Sean Broderick

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Faced with the need to move freight quickly and efficiently, Cathay Pacific Airways made the strategic decision to convert a B777-300ER passenger aircraft and partner with freight forwarder Unique Logistics to fly from Vietnam via Hong Kong to Pittsburgh. The new, 12-week cargo program takes advantage of Pittsburgh’s strategic North American location between the Northeast and Midwest in the U.S. and the speed at which cargo moves via Pittsburgh. 
 
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Karen Walker

Alex Cruz’s four-and-a-half-year term as chairman and CEO at British Airways was peppered with union head-to-heads, IT system failures that left thousands of passengers stranded, a high-profile data breach and a reduction in service levels that cost the company financially and reputationally.
 
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Helen Massy-Beresford

European member states are set to approve a set of measures aimed at harmonizing COVID-19 travel restrictions, according to an EU source. 
 
 
AWIN ANALYSIS
From Chinese airlines seeing strong rebound in week-long holiday to Alitalia being replaced by new flag-carrier 'ITA’ and more. A roundup of Aviation Daily news.
 
 
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CAPA ANALYSIS
Cargo payload capacity is outperforming passenger capacity, falling less at the depths of the COVID-19 crisis and recovering more quickly, according to weekly data from CAPA and OAG.
 
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Ben Goldstein

Full-service carriers in the U.S. are targeting domestic schedule cuts greater than 40% on average in November, a report from Bloomberg Intelligence shows.
 

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