Aviation

Bloomberg Government regulators plan to review drone designs in the same way they review other aircraft, a major step towards allowing routine drone deliveries and other flights over congested cities. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it’s seeking comment from the public and the drone industry on what criteria should be used for determining whether these novel new devices are ...

Bloomberg An Air Canada passenger flight with 128 passengers on board landed safely at Madrid’s Barajas airport after the aircraft suffered damage following takeoff. The aircraft made its emergency landing “without incident” shortly after 7pm in Madrid and engineers were now checking it over, airport operator AENA said in a tweet. Flight AC837 bound for Toronto had earlier aborted its ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc said demand for air travel within Europe could receive an unlikely boost if the Chinese coronavirus epidemic persists, prompting people to holiday closer to home. Trends from 2003, when travellers shunned Asia after the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak, suggest consumers may begin to alter their travel habits, Ryanair Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan said. ...

Bloomberg Malaysia’s anti-graft agency said it’s already investigating corruption allegations surrounding AirAsia Group Bhd as detailed in Airbus SE’s record $4 billion bribery settlement. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is in touch with UK authorities on the matter, Chief Commissioner Latheefa Koya said in a statement. Documents filed in the Airbus case said the planemaker paid $50 million in sponsorships to ...

Bloomberg Potentially dangerous wiring in Boeing Co’s 737 Max jets is the most recent flare-up between US and European regulators, further complicating the grounded plane’s return to service, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the details. Experts at the European Union Aviation Safety Agency want certain wires moved to reduce the risk of short circuits, ...

Bloomberg Indian officials met with as many as nine companies during roadshows to gauge interest in a stake sale in the nation’s loss-making flag carrier, people with knowledge of the matter said. Officials from the South Asian nation met executives of companies including British Airways parent IAG SA, IndiGo, India’s biggest airline that’s operated by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, SpiceJet Ltd ...

Bloomberg The fast-spreading coronavirus could spell the end for the weakest airlines as travel demand dries up in and out of China. The outbreak, which originated in the Chinese city Wuhan, has claimed 200 lives. Total infections have soared past 11,700 in China, surpassing the country’s official number from the 2003 Sars epidemic. Sars cost the global economy an estimated ...

Bloomberg Airlines across the globe suspended more flights to China, as governments clamped down on travel to help stop the spread of the deadly Wuhan virus. British Airways halted daily routes to Beijing and Shanghai from London’s Heathrow airport, after UK officials advised against non-essential travel. The UK flag carrier said it would reassess over the next few days. Hong ...

Bloomberg South African Airways’s (SAA) business-rescue team said it’s been given access to 3.5 billion rand ($239 million) from the state-owned Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to avert the airline’s collapse. The team will immediately draw down 2 billion rand from the facility, they said in a statement. SAA has already cancelled some flights this month to save cash ...

Bloomberg Island Express Helicopters Inc, the California-based charter company involved in the latest crash that killed retired basketball star Kobe Bryant, has been involved in four previous crashes over the past 35 years, two of them fatal, according to government records. While the company hasn’t had an accident since 2008, it was cited in 2016 for failure to perform mandatory ...