Aviation

Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd will double the number of services it operates to the US, adding back six routes suspended at the start of the coronavirus crisis as the Biden administration relaxes border curbs. The UK carrier restored flights from London Heathrow to San Francisco, which will be followed by links to Orlando, Florida, and Las Vegas next month, ...

Bloomberg Air France-KLM is deep in negotiations with Airbus SE, Boeing Co and engine-makers vying for a massive narrow-body order and plans to make a decision on suppliers within months, Chief Executive Officer Ben Smith said. The deal will include at least 80 firm orders and 60 to 80 options, Smith said at an event in Paris. The purchase could ...

Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp told workers that two provisions in a recent federal mandate mean they must get fully vaccinated against Covid-19, possibly as soon as December 8. Airline cites provision requiring vaccinations at companies with more than 100 employees and those that do business with the federal government; “We will be treated as a federal contractor,” memo said. JetBlue ...

Bloomberg Tata Sons Pvt is set to take over ailing Air India Ltd again, more than half a century after the country’s biggest conglomerate ceded control to the state, ending the government’s hold over an airline that for decades defined the lofty ambitions of a newly-independent nation. A panel of ministers accepted a proposal from bureaucrats, who recommended the conglomerate’s ...

Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc said as many as 593 employees face termination after declining to get the coronavirus vaccine following the carrier’s deadline last week. About 2,000 United workers have requested an exemption on medical or religious grounds, the company said, the day after the vaccine mandate deadline took effect for about 67,000 US-based employees. The airline plans to ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co forecasts that commercial aviation should be back to 2019 levels in two to three years, buoyed by a strong domestic recovery in China and parts of Europe, the US planemaker’s China head said. Various countries’ vaccination rates and differing quarantine requirements will pose some hurdles but “we’re anticipating in the next two to three years that the ...

Bloomberg A tiny startup is expanding its semiprivate flight services in Texas, an incursion on the home turf of industry behemoth Southwest Airlines Co that targets business travelers in three of the state’s largest cities. JSX will begin service to Austin, Texas, from Dallas Love Field while doubling its Houston service to four daily flights. The carrier boards at the ...

Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc agreed to sell its ITP Aero unit in Spain to a group led by Bain Capital for 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion), netting the British jet-engine maker much-needed cash to help it recover from the coronavirus crisis. The sale to Bain, JB Capital and Spanish defense firm Sapa will help Rolls rebuild its balance sheet, the ...

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc raised 1.2 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) in a stock sale, cash that will help the low-cost UK carrier weather the slow winter and prepare for a rebound in leisure travel. Existing investors purchased 93% of the 301 million shares available in a rights offering at a discounted price of 410 pence each, EasyJet said on Tuesday in ...

Bloomberg Demand for airplane-seat coverings that repel viruses and bacteria has soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, as carriers look to cut the time and cost of cleaning cabins. “The stakes are high for airlines,” said Quentin Munier, head of strategy and innovation at the seat division of aircraft-parts giant Safran SA. Tenders for new orders increasingly call for fabrics with ...