Midwest Express, Sterling building national wholesale linehaul network

Two companies providing expedited ground service between major airports are finding success in a new partnership aimed at garnering a big slice of a multibillion-dollar total addressable market. Midwest Express and Sterling Transportation inked an agreement earlier this month that provides each access to the other’s capacity and moves both closer to operating what will become a national wholesale linehaul platform.

Headquartered near Chicago, Midwest Express is a 41-year-old entity specializing...

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Career Tracks: Delta COO schedules departure

Delta Air Lines announced Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Gil West will retire at the end of September.

CEO Ed Bastian said in a staff memo that West, who joined the airline in 2008, “has been essential in making Delta what it is today — the safest, most reliable airline on the planet, with an unmatched drive for innovation in every part of our business.” 

Bastian said West helped lead Delta’s integration with Northwest Airlines in 2008 and “set the standard for...

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