Aviation

Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings CEO Warren East will step down at the end of this year, after leading the engine maker through a punishing period capped by the Covid-19 pandemic. The board will conduct a search for a successor for East, a former technology executive who struggled to make Rolls a more efficient operation even before the virus hit in 2020. The ...

Bloomberg Air New Zealand plans to raise capital by the end of next month through the issue new shares as its losses continue to mount during the pandemic. The Auckland-based national carrier predicted a record full-year pretax loss of more than NZ$800 million ($540 million), after reporting loss of NZ$367 million in the six months ended on December 31. It ...

Bloomberg SAS AB risks a credit downgrade from Standard & Poor’s if the Scandinavian airline follows through with plans announced to convert debt into equity. The Stockholm-based airline said it planned a number of measures, including a rights offering and swapping hybrid and unsecured debt for equity, to raise capital and lower its debt levels, while repositioning the business coming ...

Bloomberg Thailand will further relax entry rules for foreign visitors starting next month, bowing to demand from the local tourism industry to lower costs as more countries ease border controls to lure holidaymakers. Vaccinated visitors to the Southeast Asian nation won’t be required to undergo a mandatory polymerase chain reaction test on the fifth day of the arrival starting from ...

  Bloomberg The largest union representing US flight attendants expects a federal order mandating face masks for air passengers and other travellers will be extended again, even as a growing number of states and businesses lift restrictions. The requirement is set to expire on March 18 after being extended three times since it first was imposed in February 2021 as ...

  Bloomberg London Heathrow airport’s losses from two years of Covid disruption swelled to 3.8 billion pounds ($5.2 billion), leaving its finances hanging on a summer travel rebound and the go-ahead from regulators to raise prices. The UK hub had a loss of 1.8 billion pounds last year after passenger numbers slumped to 19.4 million, the lowest since 1972, Heathrow ...

  Bloomberg Airbus SE is set to announce a partnership with engine-maker CFM International to work on hydrogen propulsion as it targets introduction of a passenger aircraft running on the fuel by 2035, according to people familiar with the matter. An announcement involves adapting a current-generation CFM engine to run on hydrogen, said the people, who asked not to be ...

  Bloomberg Air France-KLM has won shareholder support for a capital increase, and will go ahead when its stock price allows it, French newspaper Les Echos reported without saying how it obtained the information. The recapitalisation will take place in the next few months, with main shareholders including the French state, as well as the Netherlands, Delta Airlines and China ...

  Bloomberg Kuwait Airways restructured its order with Airbus SE, adding longer-distance single-aisle aircraft while reducing a commitment to the largest jetliners as it adapts to post-Covid demand. The loss-making airline added three A321LR narrowbodies, which will be used to serve mid-size destinations such as Manchester, England, from Kuwait. It also upscaled six A320neos to the bigger A321neo model, Chairman ...

  Bloomberg One of the last air links between two key Asian financial hubs has been severed, with Hong Kong banning Singapore Airlines Ltd’s budget carrier Scoot from flying to the city for two weeks after passengers tested positive for Covid on arrival. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines services from Amsterdam are also prohibited from February 21 to March 6, Hong ...