South African Airways has released a statement denying reports that it will be splitting into 3 separate entities. A spokesperson said the airline’s CE, Vuyani Jarana, was misinterpreted by media, and was just talking about how the operating model at the company will be changed, rather than indicating that the business as a whole will face restructuring. “We are not looking at a situation of breaking up the airline,” he said. “SAA as an airline remains, but the manner in which it conducts business will be aimed at bringing in more business and create accountability in terms of operations,” he continued. News reports Monday morning had said that the airline will be splitting into 3 separate entities, responsible for handling their domestic, regional, and international flight routes. <br/>
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As US airlines move to add more gender options for "non-binary" travellers booking tickets, Air NZ has announced it is also working on similar plans. The airline said it was "currently exploring how we can introduce non-binary gender options across our various digital environments." It's a move in line with airlines in the US, who are on track to add new gender options for "non-binary" people, who identify outside of male or female options. Currently when booking online with Air NZ, gender is not a required field, but only male and female are listed as options. Passengers are required to include a title on their bookings, most of which are gendered. A spokeswoman for the airline said "diversity and inclusion" were "hugely important" to the organisation and they hoped to implement similar measures as the US airlines. <br/>
A preliminary agreement has been reached with an airline from Slovenia on the transfer of Sukhoi Superjet-100 aircraft from Irish airline CityJet, Russian minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said Monday. "The aircraft, which will be withdrawn from the CityJet, will remain in Europe, there is already a preliminary agreement with an airline from Slovenia," he said. Earlier, it was reported that CityJet, the only European operator of the Russian aircraft, had returned SSJ-100 to the lessor. Brussels Airlines, for which flights were carried out by CityJet aircraft, refused to use them due to lack of spare parts. The aircraft can be transferred to Adria. At the end of November last year it was reported that Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and Adria Airways signed an agreement of intent to acquire 15 SSJ-100 aircraft. <br/>