Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co Chief Operating Officer (COO) Mike Van de Ven was named president, effective immediately, replacing Tom Nealon, who chose to retire. Nealon’s departure comes less than three months after Southwest selected Executive Vice President Bob Jordan to replace Gary Kelly as chief executive officer, starting from February 1. Nealon, 60, will remain a strategic adviser at the ...

Bloomberg KLM has opted to accommodate crew members who aren’t vaccinated against Covid-19, rather than issuing mandates as more global destinations require shots. The Dutch arm of Air France-KLM will ask pilots and flight attendants to register their vaccine status, but not require inoculation, it said. Schedules will be adjusted to avoid sending those who aren’t vaccinated to destinations where ...

Bloomberg US President Joe Biden suggested the possibility of an in-person meeting with Xi Jinping during a phone call last week, but the Chinese president declined to commit to one as he continues to avoid leaving his country even for major gatherings amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Biden suggested the two leaders meet at some point in the next few months, ...