Aviation

  Bloomberg India is banking on sustainable fuel-powered airlines and increased digitisation in airports to clean up aviation as the nation prepares for a net carbon zero future by 2070. India will have 96 airports that will be carbon neutral and run on renewable energy by 2024, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said at an event, adding all future airports ...

  Bloomberg Cebu Air Inc, the Philippines’ largest carrier, will fully restore its pre-pandemic domestic capacity next month as virus restrictions ease, Chief Executive Officer Lance Gokongwei said. “The travel and tourism sector is well on its way to recovery,” Gokongwei said in a company event in Cebu province, citing increased bookings. Flights from Manila to key local destinations like ...

Bloomberg The UK allocated a record 685 million pounds ($898 million) of funding over the next three years for the development of aerospace technology, as the industry gears up to make the transition to renewable fuel. The Aerospace Technology Institute will receive an increase of more than 50% on its previous award, the government said in a statement. The group ...

  Bloomberg United Airlines is investing in a startup that could help make larger quantities of jet fuel that’s more environmentally friendly. United announced an initial $5 million investment in Cemvita Factory Inc. and is “contemplating a larger relationship,” according to Mike Leskinen, president of the airline’s venture fund. The Houston-based startup is also backed by Occidental Petroleum Corp. Cemvita ...

  Bloomberg China has retrieved the second black box from a jet that crashed after days of searching, as investigators try to work out what happened to the China Eastern Airlines flight carrying 132 people that plummeted from a cruise altitude. The flight data recorder was found 5 feet (1.5 metres) beneath the soil, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Investigators made ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong has cut the time airlines are banned for carrying excessive numbers of Covid-positive passengers to seven days from two weeks. The circuit-breaker mechanism that bans airlines if they carried four cases or more travellers from the same airport of origin within a week has been deleted, according to a statement released by the government. Under the ...

  Bloomberg Tata Group-owned Air India Ltd is looking at buying as many as 30 widebody aircraft, the enginemaker for Airbus SE’s A350 jets said, an order that will allow the former state-run carrier to aggressively pursue international growth. “I think they are looking at something up to 30 aircraft, could be as big as that, which is a big ...

  Bloomberg Boeing Co’s program to certify a new version of its 737 Max jet is running behind schedule and may not meet an end-of-year deadline, aviation regulators warned in a letter. The Max 10, an extended version of the company’s flagship single-aisle jet that was grounded in 2019 after two fatal crashes, must be approved by the Federal Aviation ...

  Bloomberg The US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) chief of safety is becoming the agency’s acting leader next week. Billy Nolen, who joined the FAA this year after a career as an airline pilot and executive, will be the temporary replacement for Steve Dickson, who is stepping down on Thursday. The appointment was announced in an FAA press release. The ...

  Bloomberg At least one piece of the Boeing Co 737-800 that crashed in China appears to have broken loose well before impact, a finding that adds mystery to the plane’s fatal dive. The piece suspected to have come from the China Eastern Airlines Corp Ltd jet was found about 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the main wreckage area, Chinese ...