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Delta Air Lines has appointed a new chief marketing and product officer to lead customer strategy, loyalty and product development. The hire follows a broader C‑suite reshuffle and comes as Delta aligns commercial strategy with recent fleet and long‑haul expansion moves.
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
By Runway Girl: SES, which has pursued a multi-orbit satellite technology roadmap, is exploring cross-unit content bundles between its media and aero or cruise businesses, as the passenger experience evolves.
FAA
By FAA: WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $304,272 civil penalty against Southwest Airlines for allegedly violating drug and alcohol testing regulations.
Airline Weekly
• Gordon Smith, Jay Shabat
By Airline Weekly: Gordon and Jay unpack major leadership moves shaping the industry, from Willie Walsh’s shift to IndiGo to Michael Rousseau’s departure from Air Canada.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Flight attendants at United Airlines are scouring the full text of a new, highly anticipated tentative labor agreement that was released late on Friday night and trying to work out what the catch is, after the Chicago-based carrier promised pay rates that top out at more than $100 per hour.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
By FlightGlobal: Some lobby groups are gearing up to fight against the subsidy cuts, which could prompt airlines to stop flying to some small communities. The Trump administration wants to slash funding for the Essential Air Service programme next fiscal year, describing it as a financially bloated programme that subsidises flights that few people actually want to….
Aviation Week
• Thierry Dubois
By Aviation Week: Sum Air has ordered four ATR 72-600 regional turboprops from ATR and signed purchase rights for four additional aircraft.
Air Data News
Reuters
By Reuters: President Donald Trump on Friday proposed to begin privatizing airport security operations handled by the Transportation Security Administration, in an effort to save money.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Airways Magazine
• Helwing Villamizar
Bloomberg
• Alexey Anishchuk, Sonja Wind
