Southwest Airlines has opened its flight schedule from 9 May to 26 June 2009, continuing in its effort to optimise the flight schedule. The airline has therefore dropped 32 existing roundtrip flights from its current schedule and added 19 roundtrip flights for a net reduction of 13 roundtrip flights systemwide.
Southwest will initiate new service between Denver and Tucson with one daily nonstop flight when the new schedule opens in May. "In today's environment, it is more important than ever to maximise our productivity with our aircraft," Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said. "Our optimisation exercise is a case of eliminating unproductive flights and reallocating our aircraft to match supply with demand, all the while focusing on key cities such as Denver."
Several markets will be gaining new nonstop service, including one new daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Denver and Tucson; one returning daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Nashville and Oakland; and one returning daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Nashville and Seattle.
The DoD has changed its structures and is been increasing efforts to facilitate access to loans by companies interested in working with artificial intelligence, advanced materials and semiconductors, biotechnology and quantum science.
India has approved millions of dollars in new military purchases, most of which will go to public sector companies.
The main obstacles to overcoming risks in the region are a lack of a strong cybersecurity culture and inadequate funds to invest in this domain given a widespread Chinese presence in the region.
MBDA is adapting to supply chain pressures as the Russian invasion of Ukraine leads to increased demand for armaments.
Despite the additional funding promised this week, the UK armed forces still look set to face cutbacks, and maintaining international commitments to AUKUS and GCAP may limit the options for other programmes.
This week on the Shephard Defence Podcast, senior naval reporter Harry Lye and military training & simulation reporter Norbert Neumann chat with Professor John Louth.
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