Aviation

Bloomberg JetBlue Airways named Ursula Hurley, its head of treasury and investor relations, as acting chief financial officer after the resignation of Steve Priest, who’s taking the same post at EBay Inc. Priest’s departure is effective from June 11, the New York-based airline said in a statement. He’ll start at EBay on June 21, according to the online retailer. The ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc posted a record annual loss, while saying it’s likely to break even this year as vaccination programs allow a gradual easing of coronavirus travel curbs. Bookings have increased significantly in recent weeks, pointing to a strong recovery in the second half, although forward visibility remains “close to zero,” the Irish company said in a statement on ...

Bloomberg An air travel bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong has been delayed as Singapore battles with a rising number of unlinked cases tied to the more aggressive and transmissible coronavirus strain known as B.1.617. A further announcement should be made on or before June 13, the Hong Kong government said in a statement on Monday. Singapore Minister for Transport ...

Bloomberg Cairn Energy Plc is dragging the unprofitable, state-owned carrier Air India Ltd to a US court to seek payment of an arbitration award from the South Asian nation as part of a long-running tax dispute, according to a filing. The energy company, which last year won an arbitration award for $1.2 billion plus interest, is asking a court in ...

Bloomberg Philippine Airlines Inc has been in talks with its aircraft lessors about reducing its fleet size and returning some planes as part of a restructuring process, President Gilbert Santa Maria said in an interview with CNN Philippines. The carrier is stepping up cargo operations and flying to new destinations, particularly to the Pacific region, to generate revenue, Santa Maria ...

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc has hired headhunters to find a successor for its chairman, John Barton, with the aim of having a candidate in place by next year’s annual general meeting, Sky News reported, citing the company. The low-cost airline is working with Lygon Group to replace Barton, who’s preparing to step down. He’ll have served nine years in May 2022, ...

Bloomberg Philippine Airlines Inc is in talks with plane lessors about reducing its fleet size and has told them it’s considering a Chapter 11 filing in the US to carry out a restructuring, according to people familiar with the plan. The airline could return at least two Airbus SE A350s to lessors and four of the 10 Boeing Co. 777s ...

Bloomberg Go Airlines India Ltd, a no-frills carrier controlled by the Wadia Group, has sought approval from India’s markets regulator to raise as much as 36 billion rupees ($490 million) through an initial public offering. The company may consider a pre-IPO share issue of as much as 15 billion rupees, the airline said in its prospectus, adding the IPO size ...

Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc will require that new hires be vaccinated against Covid-19, aiming to protect employees and customers as demand for domestic air travel continues to climb. The carrier has “made great progress to achieve herd immunity,” a trajectory it wants to maintain with the new standard, Delta said. Vaccination isn’t required for current workers, though more than ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co jumped after regulators signed off on repairs that would end a temporary grounding of newer 737 Max models, clearing the way for the planemaker to resume deliveries of a jetliner crucial to its financial turnaround. The planemaker sent two service bulletins to 737 Max operators, providing instructions to repair a flight-deck electrical issue that sidelined 106 Max ...