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Spanner in the works for WestJet’s cross-border expansion as Southwest codeshare delayed


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Spanner in the works for WestJet’s cross-border expansion as Southwest codeshare delayed
Dallas-based US LCC Southwest has announced that it would delay the proposed cross-border codeshare agreement with WestJet, thus delaying WestJet's expansion into the US market. The issue of codesharing had caused some concern among Southwest pilots, who imposed restrictions on the American carrier's percentage of codeshare operations in their recently concluded salary negotiations.

 

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(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 29-May-09



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