Aviation

BLOOMBERG Advent International and CVC Capital Partners are among private equity firms weighing bids for a minority stake in Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s aircraft maintenance and repair unit, people with knowledge of the matter said. A stake in Lufthansa’s Technik business is also attracting initial interest from Bain Capital and Blackstone Inc, according to the people, who asked not to be ...

BLOOMBERG Southwest Airlines Co will use Amazon.com Inc servers to help process fare searches, crew scheduling and other software tasks, a modernisation of its technology that comes months after a meltdown stranded thousands of the airline’s passengers. Amazon Web Services (AWS) will become Southwest’s “preferred cloud provider,” the e-commerce giant said, calling the move a “large-scale migration” of the airline’s ...

BLOOMBERG Japan Airlines Co (JAL) halted sales of steeply discounted tickets for domestic flights after demand overwhelmed the carrier’s website. “We are currently investigating and working to restore the connection,” the Tokyo-based company said in a statement, asking customers to refrain from accessing the website until the problem is resolved. Demand for travel within the island nation is picking up, ...

BLOOMBERG Boeing Co is close to sealing an order from Japan Airlines Co (JAL) for at least 20 of its 737 Max planes, according to people familiar with the talks, beating out arch-rival Airbus SE and its competing A320neo aircraft family. After holding discussions with both manufacturers, JAL is leaning towards Boeing, the people said, asking not to be identified ...

BLOOMBERG Feeling the pinch of airfare inflation? JetBlue Airways Corp announced an expansion of its transatlantic service with daily nonstop, round-trip flights from New York City to Paris beginning on June 29, 2023. Main cabin fares start at $479, a price tag that’s roughly 60% lower than similar overnight departures on Delta Air Lines Inc and American Airlines Group Inc. ...

BLOOMBERG Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd posted an annual operating profit for the first time since 2019, after Hong Kong opened for quarantine-free travel again following more than two years of Covid restrictions. Operating profit in 2022 was HK$3.55 billion ($452 million), comfortably beating the HK$2.87 billion average estimate from analysts. Revenue grew 12% to HK$51.04 billion, Hong Kong’s main airline ...

BLOOMBERG The US Justice Department and Department of Transportation were expected to take action as soon as Tuesday to block JetBlue Airways Corp’s $3.8 billion takeover of Spirit Airlines Inc, according to people familiar with the case. The Justice Department is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit in federal court, alleging that the elimination of Spirit would increase ticket prices ...

BLOOMBERG Brazil’s battered airlines got some relief after striking agreements that eased investors’ concern over their liquidity amid deteriorating credit conditions in their home market. Azul SA’s American depositary receipts closed 41% higher at $5.85 in New York, the most on record, and bonds due in 2026 climbed 16 cents to 67.5 cents on the dollar. The moves follow an ...

BLOOMBERG KLM NV and several other airlines are going to court to challenge the Dutch government’s decision to reduce flight capacity at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. Delta Air Lines Inc and EasyJet Plc are among airlines joining forces with the Dutch arm of Air France-KLM, which accounts for close to 60% of traffic at Schiphol, to “safeguard the future capacity” of ...

BLOOMBERG Deutsche Lufthansa AG joined major European airline companies in predicting an earnings boost this year as travel demand continues to swing back from the coronavirus pandemic. The region’s biggest airline group said it expects a “significant improvement” on the €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) adjusted earnings before interest and taxes result it reported for 2022. Summer vacations to Mediterranean countries ...