Bloomberg Boeing Co says it needs more time to finish a software upgrade for its grounded 737 Max jetliners as company engineers update a stall-prevention system linked to two fatal crashes in five months. The planemaker said it would submit final paperwork for the revamp to the Federal Aviation Administration by March 29 to make the system — known as ...
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Ryanair enters top-10 polluter list in Europe
Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc was one of the 10 biggest polluters in Europe last year, a first for a company that doesn’t run coal-fired power plants. That’s the conclusion of analysis of European Union carbon emissions data undertaken by Transport & Environment, a Brussels-based research group. The group found Ryanair’s carbon dioxide emissions rose 6.9 percent last year. The findings ...
Read More »HNA exits $2.8 billion airline caterer as asset sales mount
Bloomberg HNA Group Co agreed to sell control of airline caterer Gategroup Holding AG to RRJ Capital, the second major divestment in a week by the embattled Chinese conglomerate. RRJ will purchase all outstanding shares of Gategroup, the Swiss company said in a statement on its website, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. It didn’t disclose financial terms. The deal ...
Read More »EasyJet falls most in two years as Brexit seen hurting growth
Bloomberg EasyJet Plc dropped the most in more than two years after warning the crucial summer season will be weaker than expected as low-cost airlines feel the brunt of the UK’s political crisis over Brexit and waning consumer demand. Revenue per seat at constant currency fell an estimated 7.4 percent in the first six months of the carrier’s fiscal year, ...
Read More »Buffett’s Delta purchases put him above 10% in error
Bloomberg Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s investment in Delta Air Lines Inc rose above his comfort threshold by mistake. The stake climbed when Delta bought back its own stock and Berkshire increased its holdings, according to regulatory filings this month. “What I didn’t realise was that that purchase had taken us over 10 percent,†Buffett said in an interview ...
Read More »Apollo targets $1bn for aircraft-finance fund
Bloomberg Apollo Global Management LLC is seeking to raise as much as $1 billion for a new aircraft-finance fund. The fund, expected to launch this year, would make various aviation investments and have a nine-year term, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. Charles V. Zehren, a ...
Read More »Airbus stays mum about sales amid Boeing crisis
Bloomberg The ceremony at the Elysee palace in Paris exuded the full pomp of the French state. Under ceilings dripping with chandeliers, executives of Airbus SE and the agency that buys planes for China’s airlines signed an order worth $35 billion as French President Emmanuel Macron and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, looked on. Normally, such an event would be ...
Read More »Kenya Airways in talks to buy Airbus planes
Bloomberg Kenya Airways Plc is in discussions with Airbus SE to acquire an unspecified number of planes from the Toulouse, France-based company, but remains a “happy and loyal customer†of Boeing Co, according to Chief Executive Officer Sebastian Mikosz. Sub-Saharan Africa’s third-largest carrier, which wants to add 50 airliners to its fleet over the next six years to ward off ...
Read More »Boeing crash fallout widens on TUI profit hit, lawsuit
Bloomberg Boeing Co faced widening fallout from the crisis over its 737 Max jets, as travel giant TUI AG warned the grounding of the aircraft will cut its profit and the estate of a passenger who died in this month’s crash in Ethiopia sued the planemaker. Boeing, based in Chicago, has been under intense scrutiny after two 737 Max crashes ...
Read More »Wow Air shuts down on lack of financing, stranding 2700 flyers
Bloomberg Wow Air Hf has gone out of business, stranding thousands of passengers and creating potentially huge risks for Iceland’s tiny economy and its growing reliance on tourism. The discount carrier is the eighth European airline to have failed since the summer as margins are pinched by fluctuating fuel costs and over-capacity that’s sparked a continent-wide fare war. Wow’s demise ...
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