Bloomberg An Indonesia cargo plane that returned to base shortly after takeoff because of a technical issue skidded off the runway when it landed at a Jakarta airport, the air-navigation operator said. Trigana Air’s Boeing 737-400 returned to Halim Perdanakusumah Airport about two minutes after takeoff, AirNav spokesman Yohanes Harry Douglas Sirait said. Several flights were diverted from the facility ...
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Avianca adds routes to beaches with eye on bankruptcy exit
Bloomberg Avianca Holdings SA plans to add dozens of routes using smaller aircraft as it plots its emergence from bankruptcy later this year, the airline’s chief executive said. Colombia’s largest carrier is expanding with 50 direct routes between secondary cities in coming years, said CEO Anko van der Werff in an interview. Using narrow-body planes, it will target tourist spots ...
Read More »First negative-yield quote causes flutter in India’s bond market
Bloomberg A negative yield was quoted for the first time ever on India’s sovereign bond trading platform, traders said, triggering intense speculation about the motive. The 6.17% bond maturing in 2021 was offered at a negative yield of around 1.5%, according to traders who saw the quote on the Clearing Corporation of India’s Negotiated Dealing System — Order Matching, or ...
Read More »BofA sees stocks on track for $1.6trn in inflows this year
Bloomberg If investors keep pouring money into equity funds at their current pace, it could add a “breathtaking†$1.6 trillion to stocks this year, Bank of America Corp. (BofA) strategists say. Despite the market volatility spurred by rising bond yields and inflation bets, equity funds attracted a record $68.3 billion in the week through March 17, according to a BofA ...
Read More »Oil’s worst week in nearly five months ends on a high note
Bloomberg Oil ended its worst week since October on a gain, a day after inflation concerns and worries over the trajectory of near-term demand triggered the largest daily loss in several months. Wall Street banks said the sell-off was transitory. Futures in New York ended the week 6.4% lower, with last week’s rise doing little to reverse the previous session’s ...
Read More »Walmart opens marketplace to non-US vendors in shift
Bloomberg Walmart Inc. has removed rules requiring sellers on its marketplace website to be registered in the US — an attempt to close the e-commerce gap with Amazon.com Inc. and tap into China’s vast network of manufacturers. This month, the world’s largest retailer began opening up its third-party marketplace to foreign sellers, who no longer need a US address or ...
Read More »Airlines face new challenge with fuel prices on upswing
Bloomberg Just as airlines start to emerge from their biggest slump on record, the industry is facing a new headache: a rapid rise in fuel prices. Escalating fuel costs will create a dilemma for carriers who unwound hedges that proved costly when demand suddenly disappeared when the coronavirus hit last year, said John Grant, senior analyst at OAG, which tracks ...
Read More »Germany’s retailer tackles debt with hefty equity input
Bloomberg German beauty retailer Douglas GmbH is tackling its 2.1 billion-euro ($2.5 billion) debt pile after struggling through a series of pandemic-fueled lockdowns that shuttered its stores across Europe for almost a year. The 179-year-old firm, owned by CVC, is seeking to refinance its bonds and loans with new debt supported by a 220 million-euro equity injection. CVC was coming ...
Read More »Nike slides after supply-chain woes hit North America sales
Bloomberg Nike Inc. fell the most since October after its pandemic rebound suffered a setback last quarter, when supply-chain problems kept products from reaching North America, its biggest market. The athleticwear giant, which posted surprisingly strong growth in the previous quarter, missed Wall Street estimates with its latest results. Sales amounted to $10.4 billion in the third quarter — far ...
Read More »Norse Atlantic to use Norwegian planes with fresh paint job
Bloomberg Norse Atlantic Airways is copying more than just the long-haul playbook of insolvent discounter Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA. It’s using the carrier’s old planes. The startup airline has agreed to lease nine Boeing Co. 787 jets formerly used by Norwegian, Norse Chief Executive Officer Bjorn Tore Larsen said in an interview. The new company, which announced that it plans ...
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