IAM union leaders refuse to hold a vote on Boeing's "Best and Final Offer" this Friday.
Emirates will offer four scheduled flights a day between Dubai and Johannesburg next year.
Air France expands its winter long-haul network with eight routes and five new destinations.
By this date in 2001, US Airways had decided to close MetroJet and retire its Boeing 737-200 fleet by December.
Boeing has presented a "Best and Final Offer" to the IAM machinists and aerospace workers.
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