Aviation

  Bloomberg The UK will remove all 11 countries from its so-called Covid-19 red list, paving a way for the reopening of travel to South Africa and other countries just as the peak Christmas season gets underway. The travel bans and hotel quarantine requirements for people arriving from the nations, including Nigeria and Zimbabwe, will be scrapped, Health Secretary Sajid ...

  Bloomberg Hungary will delay the purchase of Budapest Airport because of a ballooning budget deficit, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. The surprise announcement, delivered at a briefing, followed a warning by central bank Governor Gyorgy Matolcsy, who said last week that the size of the purchase threatened the country’s financial stability amid record spending before elections expected in April. ...

  Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd signed a letter of intent with Airbus SE for seven A350 freighters with an option to take five more as the carrier phases out its aging cargo fleet. Delivery of the planes will start in the fourth quarter of 2025, Singapore Airlines said in a statement, without providing a dollar amount. The deal means the ...

  Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd owners Richard Branson and Delta Air Lines Inc agreed to provide a 400 million-pound ($530 million) capital injection into the UK carrier to see it through the latest slump in global travel. Branson’s Virgin Group will cough up 204 million pounds of the funding and Atlanta-based Delta the rest, allowing them to maintain their ...

  Bloomberg New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $9.5 billion revamp of Terminal 1 at John F Kennedy International Airport, restarting the transformation of one of the busiest airports in the US as it works through pandemic delays. The funding infusion will create a new Terminal 1 on the current site of terminals 1, 2, and 3 at the ...

  Bloomberg Whistle-blowers at Boeing Co and others involved with the aviation industry are raising renewed concerns about safety in the wake of the 737 Max crash investigations, according to a report. Senator Maria Cantwell, the Washington Democrat who is chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, called on US aviation regulators to act on the latest concerns ...

  Bloomberg British Airways said its new Gatwick short-haul operation will begin flying in March, with the UK carrier putting tickets to 35 destinations on sale from Tuesday. Flights operated by the new subsidiary — BA Euroflyer — will continue to be branded British Airways, and will operate to destinations including Ibiza, Faro in Portugal, Malaga and Tenerife in Spain ...

  Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co executives are pushing back against a rising chorus of analysts who say the company’s days as the airline industry’s disruptive force are over, reined in by higher wages and tougher operational challenges. The carrier known for its no-frills aesthetic and competitive prices is under pressure because its model is being put to the test, 50 ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong businessman Sam Wong, 60, has scrapped his holiday plans. An executive director at China Renewable Energy, Wong was booked to fly to the US to spend Christmas with his two children who are studying there. He hasn’t seen them in six months. One week before his flight, the Hong Kong government declared that travellers returning from ...

  Bloomberg Ghana will charge airlines $3,500 for every passenger flown in the country who isn’t fully vaccinated against Covid-19, part of a push by the West African country to avoid a fresh wave of infections. Carriers that take vaccinated passengers without negative PCR test results into Kotoka International Airport will also be fined starting from Tuesday, the Ghana Health ...