Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd expects all of its Airbus SE A380s to return to the skies, a signal of confidence that demand for global air travel will recover and make the superjumbo viable again. “We think we will reactivate all of the A380s. We spent a lot of money on them,” Qantas Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce said at a ...

Bloomberg A French initiative to ban commercial air travel on some domestic routes could prove to be an example for other countries seeking to make flying cleaner. The bill making its way through parliament would forbid conventional air travel when there’s an alternative by train that takes under 2.5 hours. The legislation advanced in the National Assembly over the weekend ...

Bloomberg Nykaa E-Retail Pvt has selected banks for its initial public offering in Mumbai that could raise at least $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The online cosmetics retailer is working with Kotak Mahindra Capital Co and Morgan Stanley on the potential offering, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. ...

Bloomberg Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc, one of Air Canada’s largest shareholders, says the terms of the government’s rescue package are fair and the airline’s stock could rise about 50% from current levels once the pandemic eases. Canada’s largest carrier reached a deal with the federal government for loans and equity worth C$5.9 billion ($4.7 billion). The company will get ...

Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc is forming a coalition of companies willing to contribute funds to increase the use of sustainable aviation fuels, including a first group of 11 that will purchase 3.4 million gallons this year. The airline also said that it’ll invite travellers to donate money to buy sustainable fuels or to contribute towards research to increase the ...

Bloomberg Stocks rise and US futures were steady as traders turned their attention to earnings reports from companies including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. European equities edged higher on mixed results, with LVMH climbing on better-than-forecast revenue, while Barclays Plc and Tesco Plc slipped. Most Asian stocks climbed, although shares dipped in Japan amid concerns about ...

Bloomberg Bond veteran Greg Wilensky has seen hype about a surge in inflation crushed too many times to get carried away with this year’s great reflation trade. “I’ve been managing bond portfolios for 25 years, through very large monetary programs, big deficits, and the Fed trying to raise inflation expectations,” the Janus Henderson money manager said in an interview. “As ...

Bloomberg Grab Holdings Inc, Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup, is going public in the US through a merger with blank-check company Altimeter Growth Corp. in what is the largest-ever deal of its kind. The Singapore-based startup is set to have a market value of about $39.6 billion after the combination with the special purpose acquisition company of Brad Gerstner’s Altimeter ...

Bloomberg Air Canada reached a deal with the Canadian government for loans and equity worth nearly C$5.9 billion ($4.7 billion), a package to help the airline get through the pandemic and restore flights to remote parts of the country. The state, which sold off its ownership interest in the 1980s, will once again own a piece of Canada’s largest airline, ...

Bloomberg London’s Heathrow faces opposition from some board members to its plan to raise 2.8 billion pounds ($3.8 billion) from airlines and customers by increasing airport prices, the Telegraph newspaper reported. Heathrow’s demands to change a complex regulatory framework so it could recoup losses caused by the pandemic have been rejected by the Civil Aviation Authority, the newspaper said. A ...