Aviation

Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby said that 98.5% of its US-based employees have been vaccinated against Covid-19. The carrier expects to see vaccine totals “north of 99%” when it tallies final figures for how many employees have complied with its mandate to be vaccinated or face termination. United had set a September 27 deadline for ...

Bloomberg Thailand is looking to attract Indian travellers during the traditional holiday season to boost its tourism-reliant economy that’s been hit hard by the absence of mass holidaymakers from countries including China. The Thai tourism industry expects Indians to resume travel in large numbers next month during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, said Somsong Sachaphimukh, vice president of the ...

Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co is deploying new hiring tactics, including on-the-spot interviews and instant job offers for ramp workers at Denver International Airport, in an effort to entice entry-level workers in a highly competitive US labour market. Southwest’s latest recruiting strategy comes as it battles nationwide with companies across a variety of industries to find workers for the 5,000 jobs ...

Bloomberg The reopening of transatlantic flights to the US is “great news” for Paris, but it won’t bring air traffic back to where it was before the pandemic, according to the operator of the city’s airports. Paris serves as a hub to connect various continents, and “as long as Asia is closed, notably China,” all incoming traffic to Paris that ...

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc pilots’ union called for the removal of flight operations managers, citing years of poor performance including delays that forced the carrier to trim its schedule this summer. “Throughout the summer of 2021, middle management chose to advance cancel hundreds of flights disrupting thousands of travel plans while at the same time damaging the American Airlines ...

Bloomberg British Airways (BA) dropped plans to set up a new, lower-cost unit at London Gatwick airport, setting up a high-stakes showdown with its pilots union, which balked at new contract terms. The airline has insisted on setting up a separate division for the short-haul business even though it would remain branded as BA, the flagship of the IAG SA ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co expects Chinese airlines will need 8,700 new aircraft for a total of $1.47 trillion by 2040, doubling the country’s commercial fleet size as air travel booms. China’s demand for wide-body aircraft is likely to account for 20% of global deliveries, according to the US manufacturer’s Commercial Market Outlook. China’s civil aviation industry will also need more than ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE’s push to quickly scale up production as air travel recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic is testing suppliers that have struggled to hire enough workers and secure raw materials. Back in May, the European planemaker said it would increase output of its best-selling A320 family of aircraft to 45 per month by the fourth quarter of 2021, rising ...

Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc must pay $1.9 million in fines for stranding passengers on the tarmac for extended periods of time, the government announced. United kept onboard more than 3,200 passengers on 20 domestic flights and five international flights from 2015 through last February for at least three hours, the Department of Transportation said in a release. The department ...

Bloomberg Creditors of Nordic Aviation Capital AS are one step closer to taking control of the company, one of the world’s largest aircraft lessors. Nordic Aviation and its biggest creditor groups have reached an agreement on the outline terms of the company’s restructuring framework, according to a statement. The deal, in principle, includes the conversion of “a substantial amount of ...