Good morning! Sheryl Sandberg testifies at Meta antitrust trial, Santander is continental Europe's most valuable bank, and the Netherland's top airline exec is on a texting basis with Delta's CEO.
- Flying high. Delta CEO Ed Bastian was on the cover of the most recent issue of Fortune, talking about how he improved the airline's fortunes through a pursuit of the premium flyer, one who's willing to pay top dollar for perks and business class rather than wait for upgrades.
Delta isn't the only airline with that strategy. Bastian himself admires KLM, the Dutch airline headed by CEO Marjan Rintel. The Netherlands wasn't a natural home for a major international hub, my colleague Phil Wahba writes in a Fortune story. The small nation has no need for domestic air travel, but has turned its Amsterdam airport Schipol into a gateway for the rest of Europe, he writes.
