Aviation

Bloomberg South Africa’s seizure of an Air Tanzania aircraft was linked to a land compensation claim that dates back to the 1980s, the East African nation’s government said. The case doesn’t involve the airline and is part of a wider dispute between Tanzania and Hermanus Steyn, a South African investor, Hassan Abbasi, a spokesman for the Tanzanian government, said in ...

Bloomberg The UK plans to ease security line hold-ups for passengers by requiring all major airports to use 3D scanners for cabin baggage by the end of 2022. The new equipment, which is currently being tested at London’s Heathrow airport, will make the security procedures “quicker and easier” for travellers by ending requirements to remove toiletries and electrical equipment from ...

Bloomberg Cargojet Inc soared to a record high after Amazon.com Inc signed a deal that would allow the online retailer to buy a stake in the Canadian cargo carrier. Under the agreement, Mississauga, Ontario-based Cargojet will issue warrants to Amazon in two tranches to purchase variable voting shares that will vest based on the achievement of certain commercial milestones. “Cargojet ...

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said it will show zero tolerance to employees who support or take part in illegal protests ahead of “planned activities” by trade union members around its operational hub Cathay City in Hong Kong on August 26. “Any activities that impact our ability to operate safely not only significantly disrupt the travelling public, but also jeopardise ...

Bloomberg The timing looked terrible. As the busiest travel weekend loomed and budget-minded Brits prepared for a quick holiday, UK pilots for Ryanair Holdings Plc called a strike, threatening ugly scenes at airports around the country. The chaos never happened. All of the discount carrier’s flights operated as scheduled, with minor delays from congestion, the airline said. In the end, ...

Bloomberg Rakesh Gangwal, the billionaire co-founder of Indian budget airline IndiGo, will support company proposals at a shareholder meeting next week to expand its board after an agreement on policy changes, months after he accused his fellow co-founder of corporate-governance lapses. The board of IndiGo, Asia’s biggest budget airline by market value, has approved a new related-party transaction policy, Gangwal ...

Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd will run marathon ghost flights from New York and London to Sydney carrying just a few staff to see how the human body holds up before commercial services start. Qantas said it will simulate the world’s longest direct flights with Boeing Co Dreamliners as soon as October. The payload of 40 passengers and crew, most of ...

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, trying to contain the damage it has suffered from staff taking part in Hong Kong’s anti-Beijing protests, cautioned employees that misuse of social-media platforms could be a breach of rules set by China’s authorities. In a message to employees, Cathay said that posting, responding and sharing content on social media could go against the demands ...

Bloomberg An expert panel reviewing how the Boeing Co 737 Max was certified is expected to cite a breakdown in communication following revelations that aviation regulators didn’t understand key design elements until the first of two deadly crashes of the plane. The Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR) hasn’t found evidence that regulations weren’t followed when the jetliner was approved in ...

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd expects “significant impact” on its revenue from August and beyond as travel demand gets affected by the months-long protests in Hong Kong. Both business and leisure travel into Hong Kong has “weakened substantially” and traffic from Hong Kong has started to soften, especially on short-haul routes to such countries as China and South Korea, Cathay ...