The sun was rising over the city’s financial district in November 2009 when Richard Kovacevich picked up the phone in his 12th-floor office to call Omaha, Neb.Delta Air lines has received government permission to operate its namesake service and its Northwest Airlines subsidiary as a single carrier.
The single operating certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration allows Delta to put its code on Northwest flights and phase out the Northwest name. That process will be complete in the first quarter of the year. For now, travelers won’t notice anything different.
Delta, based in Atlanta, acquired Northwest in October 2008 to become the world’s biggest airline.
Hugo Boss to shutter Cleveland suit plant
German clothing maker Hugo Boss AG says it will close a plant in Cleveland that makes men’s suits but will pay the 300 workers there through the end of April.
The company, based in Metzingen and famed for its stylish fashion, said in a statement last week that the decision was made because the plant was under capacity and “the fact that it is not globally competitive.”
As a result, it will not extend its collective bargaining agreement with the Workers’ United union and close the plant after April.
