Aviation

Bloomberg Air Canada has removed the Boeing 737 Max from its schedule until January pending regulatory approvals, joining Southwest Airlines Co in scrapping plans for flights of the jetliner into 2020. Canada’s largest carrier said the grounded jets will reduce capacity and curb earnings growth in the third quarter, even as the company posted profit that beat analysts’ estimates for ...

Bloomberg British Airways (BA) will continue talks with pilot representatives next week in a bid to defuse a pay dispute and avoid a walkout by its most crucial employees at the height of the summer travel season. The British Airlines Pilots Association (Balpa) agreed to extend negotiations with former the former UK flag carrier, now a unit of IAG SA, ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co is redesigning the flight-control system of the grounded 737 Max to rely on data from both of the jetliner’s flight-control computers instead of just one, said a person familiar with the plans. The US planemaker is still aiming to present a final software package to regulators by September, though the timeline could slip, said the person, who ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE earnings surged in the second quarter, helped by a ramp up in deliveries of a narrow-body model that rivals Boeing Co’s grounded 737 Max. Adjusted profit before interest and tax increased 72 percent to $2.2 billion, beating estimates, as Airbus handed over close to 300 of the A320 planes. Four-fifths of the jets were the revamped Neo ...

Bloomberg British Airways (BA) lost a UK court bid to halt a pilot strike, in a ruling that may clear the path for walkouts at the height of the busy summer travel season. Wednesday’s decision raises the risk of the airline’s first pilot strike in about four decades, in a dispute about pay, profit sharing and a stock-awards programme. Brian ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary told workers the budget airline needs 1,500 fewer pilots and cabin crew than originally envisaged amid a slump in earnings and delays to expansion plans forced by the grounding of Boeing Co’s 737 Max jetliner. In a video message to staff seen by Bloomberg, O’Leary said the carrier has an excess ...

Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd posted a 20 percent decline in first-quarter earnings, weighed down by rising fuel costs and expenses from the grounding of six Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Net income in the three months to June fell to S$111.1 million ($81.2 million), from S$139.6 million a year ago, Singapore Air said in a statement. Sales climbed 6.7 percen to ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG said threats to its financial outlook are mounting after a fare war and stuttering global economy dented second quarter-earnings, adding to the gloom surrounding Europe’s airline industry. Lufthansa warned that the fight for market share means business trends could deteriorate further in the second half, sending the stock down 7.4 percent even as the group stood ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary harangued Boeing Co over the grounding of the 737 Max jet, saying he’s concerned the Irish carrier will receive zero planes by summer 2020. Ryanair, Boeing’s biggest European customer for the Max, has already slashed its estimate for the number of aircraft likely to be available for next year’s peak season. ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc clung to its full-year earnings outlook as a fare war and the grounding of Boeing Co’s 737 Max jetliner ate into first-quarter profit at Europe’s biggest discount airline. Margins on ticket sales are shrinking, with a glut of seats hurting prices in Germany and concerns around Brexit weighing on UK demand, Ryanair said. At the same ...