Aviation

Bloomberg Delta Air Lines is funding a study to see if twigs, branches and other wood debris can create jet fuel to help fly its West Coast planes. The airline invested $2 million to partner with Northwest Advanced Bio-fuels LLC to study the feasibility of a bio-fuel production facility in Washington that could create fuel out of forest debris, the ...

Bloomberg US aviation regulators are calling for a meeting with their counterparts from about 50 other countries to discuss progress on returning Boeing Co’s grounded 737 Max to service as some nations have begun saying they will perform independent assessments of the plane. The Federal Aviation Administration sent a letter to regulators around the world asking them to an “informal ...

Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd will add 84 destinations including Beijing, Buenos Aires and Sydney if the expansion of London’s Heathrow airport is accompanied by a shakeup in the way operating slots are allocated. The airline would like to serve 35 new long-haul destinations from Europe’s busiest hub, on top of the 19 it offers, plus 37 cities in continental ...

Bloomberg Kenya Airways Plc sent acting Chief Financial Officer Hellen Mwariri on compulsory leave, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. Mwariri is under investigation by the board for allegedly leaking sensitive company information, two of the people said. She did not respond to a text message request for comment and calls to her mobile phone didn’t connect. ...

Bloomberg China will need to spend $2.9 trillion on new aircraft and ground services over the next two decades, according to Boeing Co, which continues to pin hopes on the world’s second-largest economy as its trade dispute with the US rolls on. The estimate, released in Boeing’s annual outlook on China’s commercial aviation market, is 7 percent higher than last ...

Bloomberg Thomas Cook Group Plc has filed for Chapter 15 court protection in the US as part of a broader debt restructuring for the UK travel agent. The company’s Chapter 15 petition was filed in the Southern District of New York, court papers show. Law firm Latham & Watkins is representing the company, according to the documents. Chapter 15 of ...

Bloomberg Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson plans to visit Boeing Co facilities in Seattle this week to personally assess the status of the 737 Max, which was grounded after two fatal crashes. Dickson, a former executive and pilot at Delta Air Lines Inc. who is qualified to fly the 737, said he intends to perform test runs on ...

Bloomberg Airports Company South Africa’s full-year profit fell 59 percent to $15.4 million as a weak economy and cost pressures constrained revenue growth. The company, which manages South Africa’s major airports, reported a 4.6 percent decline in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation to 2.8 billion rand, despite a 5.6 percent increase in revenue to 7.1 billion rand, Acting ...

Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc and Expedia Group Inc reached a deal to continue online ticket sales, ending a standoff in which the airline had threatened to withdraw from one of the internet’s largest travel sellers. The agreement covers a multiyear period, the companies said in a statement without specifying how long it would last or disclosing other terms. United, ...

Bloomberg Air France-KLM’s Dutch arm will face a four-hour strike at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s busiest travel hubs, after negotiations over a salary increase for ground staff broke down, the FNV union said in a statement on its website. “KLM continues to refuse to come to a good collective labor agreement for ground staff. They leave their own ...