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Hillwood Airways

Eastern Airlines is understood to be buying US charter operator Hillwood Airways, which has four 737-700s.

The airlines are not planning to integrate operations until various parts of the business are aligned, starting with admin and HR, followed by commercial and, finally, operations and maintenance.

Hillwood is based in Dallas Fort Worth, but will relocate to Kansas City, where Eastern is based, trying to leverage economies of scale. The size of the deal has not been made public.

Hillwood is a Part 121 ...