Aviation

BLOOMBERG Delta Air Lines Inc modestly boosted its 2023 earnings expectations as it capitalises on a recovery in travel demand even as free cash flow remains below pre-pandemic levels. Adjusted profit for the year will be at the high end of its prior guidance of $5 to $6 a share, Delta said in a regulatory filing ahead of an investor ...

BLOOMBERG Deutsche Lufthansa AG entered decisive talks with its pilots union as the German airline races to reach an agreement to avert the threat of a strike during the crucial summer travel season. Negotiating teams at Lufthansa and the VC pilots union met with the aim at ending a dispute over pay and working conditions. Lufthansa made an offer earlier ...

BLOOMBERG Joby Aviation Inc jumped 40% after a crucial green light from US regulators in its quest to build electrically powered air taxis. The company, based in Santa Cruz, California, said in a statement that the go-ahead from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will let it test flying taxis coming off its production line; it previously could only demo a ...

BLOOMBERG Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc sent paying customers to the edge of space for the first time, a milestone for the Richard Branson-founded company almost two decades in the making. The VSS Unity craft reached space at about 9:30 am local time in New Mexico on June 30, Virgin Galactic revealed in a livestream of the event on its website. ...

BLOOMBERG US airlines continued to grapple with flight disruptions heading into the busy weekend ahead of Independence Day, keeping the industry on edge even as the recent volatility driven by bad weather and air-traffic control limits showed signs of subsiding. United Airlines Holdings cancelled 8% of its flights as of mid-afternoon on June 30 and delayed 21%, according to data ...

BLOOMBERG United Airlines Holdings Inc will have to change, and possibly reduce, its flight schedule at Newark Liberty International Airport while work is under way to expand the number of gates for the carrier, Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby said in a letter to employees. The letter follows days of extensive flight disruptions as airlines across the US dealt with ...

BLOOMBERG Singapore Airlines Ltd slumped the most in more than a year after a block of shares amounting to nearly 3% of the float traded on June 30. Singapore state-owned investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte had earlier offered to sell the same number of shares, according to terms of the deal seen by Bloomberg. The carrier closed down 4.7% at ...

BLOOMBERG JetBlue Airways Corp is raising questions about US air traffic control actions, joining United Airlines Holdings Inc in blaming federal regulators for worsening congestion on a heavy travel week ahead of the Independence Day holiday. Government officials dismissed the carriers’ complaints as baseless, saying weather has led to elevated flight cancellations and delays that left thousands of customers stranded ...

BLOOMBERG Airbus SE reigned supreme at the Paris Air show, kicking off with a mammoth 500-plane order from low-cost carrier Indigo. Now all it has to do is find enough workers to build them. Lurking just beneath the spectacle of multi-billion dollar aircraft sales and aerial acrobatics on display outside the French capital is a shortage of parts and labour ...

BLOOMBERG India’s Akasa Air is in talks with Boeing Co to place a small follow-on order for 737 Max single-aisle jets if it can lock down financing, according to people familiar with the matter. The US planemaker is working to finalise negotiations as soon as this week at the Paris Air Show, the people said, asking not to be identified ...