Aviation

Bloomberg Airbus SE has solicited engine ideas for a narrow-body jetliner in development, drawing a proposal for a new geared design from General Electric Co. GE’s preliminary proposal, disclosed in a court opinion, reveals previously unreported talks between the engine maker and Airbus for a “next-generation” plane. The court decision was later sealed, indicating the high level of interest in ...

Bloomberg The US will require passengers flying from the UK to show proof of a negative test for coronavirus, amid rising concerns over a more-contagious Covid-19 strain that is spreading after first emerging in England. Travelers arriving from the UK need to get a negative polymerase chain reaction or antigen test no more than 72 hours before leaving, according to ...

Bloomberg Seven labour groups representing workers at South African Airways (SAA) who’ve not been paid since March agreed to accept a settlement offer of three months’ wages, a move that will aid the government’s efforts to revive the bankrupt state airline. Members of the groups, including the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union and the Solidarity union, will also ...

Bloomberg An Air Canada Boeing 737-8 Max on a test flight suffered engine issues that forced the crew to shut down one of the plane’s engines and make an emergency landing in Tucson, Arizona, Aviation24.be has reported. Shortly after takeoff, the crew received an indication of hydraulic low pressure in the left engine, the website said. The three-member crew of ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. plans to extend work on 787 Dreamliner jetliners at its main widebody factory north of Seattle for months after it shutters production there next year and shifts final assembly to South Carolina. The planemaker intends to used the freed up space at the Everett, Washington plant to inspect and repair any defects in the carbon-composite airframes of ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co extended its sales streak of 737 Max jets as Alaska Air Group Inc boosted an order agreement to 68 jets and announced plans to return to a mainline fleet with a single aircraft type. The airline will stop flying 20 of its Airbus SE A320-family planes immediately, prompting a one-time charge of as much as $250 million ...

Bloomberg European planemaker Airbus SE believes it may lose more than $5 billion of aircraft orders under struggling airline AirAsia X Bhd’s restructuring plans, according to court documents filed in Malaysia last week. Airbus Asia Pacific President Anand Stanley said in the court filing there’s a “strong possibility that Airbus will suffer substantial losses and prejudice” under the proposed restructuring ...

Bloomberg IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, could start slowly rehiring staff in three months as capacity rebuilds from “the background of carnage” caused by Covid-19, with domestic services likely to return to pre-pandemic levels by January or February, Chief Executive Officer Ronojoy Dutta said. “Doom and gloom is off the table and we are recovering pretty nicely, especially domestically,” Dutta said ...

Bloomberg The Philippines suspended all flights from UK from December 24 to Decemebr 31 to prevent the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus, according to a resolution issued by the government’s task force handling the pandemic. The country will also bar travellers who have been in the UK in the 14 days prior to arrival in the Philippines, ...

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc shares rose after the UK airline said it will defer the delivery of another 22 Airbus SE jets to conserve cash as the coronavirus crisis continues to depress travel demand. Europe’s second-largest discount carrier will postpone the handovers, which were due over a three-year period starting in October 2021, to the 2027-2028 period. The timing of 15 ...