BLOOMBERG Air-traffic controllers across the US will receive new monthly safety training sessions to address the spike in serious near-collisions on airport runways earlier this year. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting the mandatory training starting in July, the agency said in a press release. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association union is collaborating with the effort, the FAA ...
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Singapore Air trounces Hong Kong’s Cathay in battle for skies
BLOOMBERG The fortunes of Singapore Airlines Ltd and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, the flagship airlines of two of Asia’s most important financial hubs, differed during the pandemic and continue to diverge in its aftermath. Their valuations are revealing — Singapore Air’s market value of $17 billion is almost three times that of Cathay’s. Four years ago the difference was only ...
Read More »Cathay Pacific to hire more cabin crew from China
BLOOMBERG Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will recruit more cabin crew from mainland China and widen the use of Mandarin language on flights, its chief executive officer said, less than a month after the carrier fired three flight attendants for disparaging passengers who didn’t speak English. “With the growing number of Putonghua-speaking customers, it has always been our intention to recruit ...
Read More »Boeing prepares to accelerate output of its cash-cow 737 jets as tail glitch fades
BLOOMBERG Boeing Co is preparing to accelerate production of its cash-cow 737 jets “soon,†the planemaker’s commercial chief said, as the company makes progress towards addressing a supplier defect that has slowed deliveries. The rate break to a 38-jet monthly pace will happen “sooner rather than later,†Stan Deal, who heads Boeing’s commercial airplane business, said in Paris ahead of ...
Read More »JD sees seven units worth $14 billion after sales haul
BLOOMBERG JD.com aims to create seven listed firms with market values of $14 billion apiece, outlining aggressive targets spanning two decades as it wrapped its signature 2023 sales gala with another record haul. Sales volume during its “6.18†June online bargains event, reached an all-time high, the company said in a WeChat post. The summer online sales event, in which ...
Read More »Airbus in talks for large narrowbody deal with Mexico’s Viva
BLOOMBERG Airbus SE is in talks with Grupo Viva Aerobus SAB for a large narrowbody aircraft order that would fuel the Mexican low-cost carrier’s expansion, people familiar with the discussions said. The companies held talks and were expected to announce an accord at the Paris Air Show starting from Monday, said the people, asking not to be identified discussing private ...
Read More »FAA to investigate incident involving United, Delta jets
BLOOMBERGÂ The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it will investigate an incident where the wing of a United Airlines Holdings Inc flight clipped the tail of a Delta Air Lines Inc plane at Boston Logan International airport. The incident occurred while United Flight 369 was taxiing and Delta Flight 1657 was at a holding pad, the FAA said in a ...
Read More »United’s CEO sees pilot deal adding over $8bn in costs
BLOOMBERG United Airlines Holdings Inc is offering its pilots a contract with an incremental value in excess of $8 billion over four years, a figure that would make it the richest deal ever for a mainline US carrier. The company is negotiating weekly as it tries to reach a formal agreement with the union, Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby said ...
Read More »JetBlue, American to rework alliance after legal setback
BLOOMBERG JetBlue Airways Corp and American Airlines Group Inc are seeking to keep components of their US Northeast operating alliance intact while winding down other elements, part of a high-stakes antitrust battle playing out in court. The airlines want to keep codeshare and loyalty agreements in place, but are willing to stop joint scheduling and sales, they said in a ...
Read More »EasyJet cancels 100 flights at Gatwick
BLOOMBERG EasyJet Plc cancelled about 100 flights to and from London Gatwick Airport between June 11 and June 12 because of thunderstorms that hit southern England. Flight-tracking site FlightAware showed that EasyJet was the No 1 airline for disruptions, with 70 cancellations and 294 delays on June 11 and 26 cancellations and 181 delays. Gatwick said it canceled 48 outbound ...
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