Exclusive-U.S. Senate panel inviting airline CEOs to testify at Dec. 8 hearing

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is inviting the chief executives of seven major U.S. airlines to testify at a Dec. 8 oversight hearing after she asked major carriers in July to explain worker shortages despite receiving billions in pandemic bailout, a committee official told Reuters.

Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat who chairs the panel, is inviting the CEOs of American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV), United Airlines, JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU), Alaska Airlines and Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) to testify, the official added.