Aviation

Bloomberg US government officials monitoring the airways say they won’t tolerate passengers who refuse to don masks as airline travel surges ahead of the summer season. A recent spike in unruly passenger reports, many of them involving people refusing to cover their faces, prompted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to issue a stern warning to travellers. “Let me be clear …

Bloomberg Iceland will get a new airline next month as startup Play Air seeks to capitalise on the North Atlantic island’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis and inclusion on the UK’s green list for quarantine-free travel. The launch of flights to seven European cities from June 24 comes almost two years after Play was first conceived as a successor to …

Bloomberg A good decade ago, Airbus SE added more fuel-efficient engines to its A320 aircraft family, giving its already bestselling model a dramatic demand boost. Now the European company is seeking to repeat that success, this time with a new set of wings. Airbus aims to produce a composite wing that’s both affordable and capable of a high production rate, …

Bloomberg PT Garuda Indonesia needs to completely restructure its business, potentially reducing the number of planes it operates to less than half its main fleet as it seeks to survive the crisis wrought by the pandemic, its president told staff this week. “We have to go through a comprehensive restructuring, a total one,” President Director Irfan Setiaputra said in an …

Bloomberg Italy is nearing a deal with the European Union to set up a new national carrier from failed airline Alitalia SpA and may get an informal go-ahead by next week, newspaper Il Messaggero reported. Talks with the European Commission to green-light Alitalia’s planned restart have been mired in a standstill after several rounds of meetings. EU officials are demanding …

Bloomberg The biggest customer for Airbus SE’s top-selling A320 narrow-body has chosen General Electric Co engines for a massive order, after pitting the conglomerate against its dominant US supplier, Pratt & Whitney. IndiGo, India’s largest airline, has selected CFM International Inc, a venture between GE and France’s Safran SA, to supply LEAP-1A engines for its fleet of 310 new Airbus …

Bloomberg Britons are ignoring government advice to avoid traveling to countries on the UK’s Covid-19 “amber” list, the Mail cited Michael O’Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair Holdings Plc, as saying. Families are booking flights to restricted destinations in anticipation of a relaxation of the guidance once they come to take their vacations, O’Leary said in an interview, according to …

Bloomberg Airline entrepreneur David Neeleman’s newest carrier will begin flying from May 27 with an initial network of 16 cities, making it the year’s second US startup looking to use discount fares to grab a piece of a much-anticipated resurgence in leisure travel. Breeze Airways started selling tickets, and the first flights will connect Charleston, South Carolina; Tampa, Florida; and …

Bloomberg Hackers infiltrated the servers of Air India Ltd and gained access to personal data of 4.5 million fliers, the nation’s flag carrier said. Personal data of passengers registered between August 2011 and February 2021 were compromised in the attack, the carrier said in a note to fliers that was shared via Twitter. The details included credit card and contact …

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc predicted an uneven recovery this summer as European destinations relax coronavirus curbs only gradually, prompting the discount airline to chart a more cautious path to rebuilding its service. The UK company expects to add flights in earnest from June, a month later than planned, it said after posting a 701 million-pound ($990 million) loss for the first …