Two Aeroflot flight attendants secured an unexpected legal victory Wednesday when the Moscow City Court ruled that the airline could not link income levels to clothing sizes. The rulings, which overturned decisions by lower courts, upheld complaints by the attendants that they had been deprived of monthly bonuses — leverage widely used by Russian employers as a penalty — because managers wanted thinner cabin crews on international routes. The two attendants had lodged separate complaints against Aeroflot in a case that highlighted the issue of professional Russian women being judged by their looks. The two attendants won small awards — RUB22,000 (about US$380) and RUB16,000 (about $277) — for compensation and damages. The lawyer for the women, said the ruling applied to all Aeroflot employees <br/>
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For its latest airline card, American Express is looking for people who don’t travel. Yet. AmEx will debut the Blue Delta SkyMiles credit card this week, offering 2 miles per dollar spent at US restaurants and on Delta Air Lines purchases, and 1 mile per dollar spent everywhere else. It will be one of the few airline co-brand cards that don’t come with an annual fee, a decision AmEx and Delta made to appeal to millennial travellers, said Eva Reda, the lender’s executive VP of consumer partnerships and product development. The new card’s benefits won’t include priority boarding, free baggage check or airport lounge privileges offered with other Delta cards. <br/>
A group of Alitalia employees is preparing to join up with a non-European carrier and 2 Italian financial partners to bid for the insolvent airline, Italian weekly Panorama reported Wednesday. Rome is looking for a buyer for all of Alitalia, which is under special administration for the second time in a decade. Around 10 bidders, including Ryanair, have expressed an interest in acquiring all of the carrier or part of its assets. Two pilots have now rallied support among Alitalia's roughly 11,600 staff for a plan to buy 10-20% of the company, possibly partly financed by their severance pays, Panorama reported. It did not say how many employees were involved. The magazine did not name the other airlines or financial partners involved. It said the workers' bid was motivated by a desire to keep their jobs. <br/>