Aviation

BLOOMBERG Wizz Air Holdings Plc said expansion into India will become possible with its new long-range Airbus SE A321 models, potentially opening up a lucrative vein of future growth as demand for air travel surges in the world’s most populous nation. “There’s great potential in India, as the country has seen an immense development,” Wizz Chief Executive Officer Jozsef Varadi ...

BLOOMBERG Berlin’s main airport cancelled all departing flights on Monday amid another round of strikes by ground crew, underscoring ongoing labour tensions in Germany’s travel sector as the crucial summer travel season looms into view. Berlin Brandenburg airport said no departures were possible due to a one-day strike by security control staff. The disruption is the latest to hit a ...

BLOOMBERG  Qantas Airways Ltd plans to hire 8,500 more workers in the next decade, about the same number it cut during the pandemic, underscoring aviation’s growth trajectory less than a year after the crisis. The additional roles include pilots, cabin crew and airport staff. With more than 300 new aircraft arriving in the next 10 years, Qantas also plans to ...

BLOOMBERG  London’s Heathrow Airport asked Britain’s antitrust watchdog to overturn an order by the nation’s aviation regulator to cut airline charges by around 20% per passenger next year. The airport said it had submitted an appeal to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) decision to drop charges for airlines using the travel hub. Heathrow ...

BLOOMBERG EasyJet Plc raised its earnings target for a second time this year amid strong bookings into the crucial summer period and robust demand during the Easter vacation. The discount specialist now expects to beat revised market expectations that foresee a pretax profit of £260 million this year, according to a statement. That’s up from a previous goal of beating ...

BLOOMBERG Boeing Co is moving ahead with plans to hike output of its cash-cow 737 jetliner while dealing with the ripple effects from a new production flaw uncovered by one of its largest suppliers. The US planemaker isn’t altering the schedule for its 737 suppliers, including rate increases, Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun said at a virtual gathering of shareholders. ...

BLOOMBERG Eagle-eyed travellers snapped up heavily discounted tickets in the fanciest cabins on All Nippon Airways (ANA) after a currency conversion blunder, with one paying just $890 for flights in first class all the way from Jakarta to the Caribbean via Tokyo and New York, and back again. That 9,000-mile journey would typically cost nearly 20 times as much in ...

BLOOMBERG Malaysia Airlines Bhd will increasingly focus on the Indian market with the airline still not seeing China bounce back after its sudden reopening following years of Covid restrictions. “For now, our key emphasis is on the Indian network,” the carrier’s Chief Strategy Officer Bryan Foong told reporters in Kuala Lumpur. “For us, the emphasis of growth in India is ...

BLOOMBERG Airbus SE has clawed back a €100 billion ($110 billion) market value last reached before the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 knocked the stock, as a rapid rebound in air travel swells the planemaker’s order book. The Toulouse, France-based planemaker last had a market capitalisation in excess of €100 billion in the early weeks of 2020, after which the ...

BLOOMBERG Delta Air Lines Inc sees profit this quarter topping Wall Street’s estimates, buoyed by steady bookings heading into the crucial summer travel season, even as it posted weaker-than-expected results for the first months of the year. Adjusted second-quarter earnings will be $2 to $2.25 a share, the Atlanta-based airline said in a statement. That compares with a $1.61 analyst ...