Aviation

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BLOOMBERG  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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BLOOMBERG Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier Flynas is in talks for an Airbus SE jet order, according to people familiar with the matter, as airlines in the country bulk up operations to better compete with regional rivals. The carrier may announce an accord with the European planemaker as soon as the Paris Air Show starting early next week, said the people, ...

BLOOMBERG Japan’s two biggest airlines are in advanced talks to buy aircraft from Airbus SE and Boeing Co, with announcements possible as soon as the Paris Air Show this month, according to people familiar with the matter. All Nippon Airways (ANA) is looking to place orders for as many as 50 Airbus A321neo jets, said the people, who asked not ...