Aviation

  Bloomberg Travel delays continued in the US early Sunday as a winter storm swept eastward and carriers dealt with staff shortages caused by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. Cancellations of flights into, out of and within the US were close to 1,900 early Sunday morning, with over 600 delays already posted, according to the tracking firm FlightAware.com, ...

  Bloomberg Philippine Airlines Inc. received approval to tap $150 million in additional financing and plans to cut its debt by $2 billion, after winning approval last month from a US court for its reorganization plan. “There are immense challenges ahead, but we look forward to tackling them as a reinvigorated Philippine Airlines, better positioned for strategic growth to continue ...

  Bloomberg A year-end order bonanza for Airbus SE has swept away the lead built up by Boeing Co and put the European planemaker in position to claim bragging rights for 2021. Boeing amassed an order advantage in early 2021 fueled by pent-up demand for its 737 Max as the single-aisle workhorse came off a two-year grounding. Through October, its ...

Bloomberg Denmark’s government wants to drop fossil fuels in domestic air travel by 2030 in its most recent push to meet its climate targets. The Nordic country, which recently proposed to boost investments in the green hydrogen industry, wants the first domestic flights to use green fuel no later than in 2025, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in her annual ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong consumers will face higher prices for fresh produce, daily necessities and electrical goods over the coming weeks as a result of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.’s long-haul cargo flight halt, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday. Consumers will experience food and product shortages in the next two to three weeks, especially seafood and vegetables, the ...

  Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. will make “significant” changes to its flight schedule as Hong Kong further tightens quarantine restrictions for aircrew, dealing another blow to a carrier already reeling as the city’s borders remain largely closed. The airline is tentatively planning to cancel some passenger flights to and from the city through the first quarter of 2022, it ...

  Bloomberg Talks are underway between the US and China on possible changes to apparent new aircraft-cleaning requirements that prompted a Delta Air Lines Inc flight to turn back to Seattle and that could upend air travel into the Asian nation. The discussions were confirmed on Tuesday by a State Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity. China’s new ...

  Bloomberg Flight cancellations that disrupted US travel over the Christmas weekend stretched further, with winter storms further pressuring carriers that were already short-staffed because of spreading Covid-19 cases. About 1,160 US flights were cancelled on December 27 after more than 2,800 were dropped over the weekend, according to data from FlightAware.com. One of the hardest-hit carriers was Alaska Air ...

  Bloomberg Indonesia became the latest country to allow Boeing Co’s 737 Max planes back to its skies, joining Ethiopia in lifting the ban on the aircraft that crashed in both countries more than two years ago. The transport ministry will let airlines resume flying the aircraft in its territories after completion of the investigation process and improvements made to ...

  Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc service to China “remains very fluid” after a flight to Shanghai from the US was turned back because of the procedures needed to clean and disinfect the airplane, the carrier said. The flight returned to Seattle in order “to be compliant with cleaning mandates required at Shanghai Pudong International Airport that were issued by ...