Aviation

Bloomberg Online travel agency Expedia Group Inc. says United Airlines has threatened to withhold fare data as soon as next week as part of faltering contract talks between the companies. Such a move would halt Expedia’s ability to sell United’s flights for trips after September 30, the travel seller said in a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York. ...

Bloomberg Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA is consolidating the team that runs its long-haul flights in London as the debt-laden carrier seeks to add executive talent at a unit crucial to its survival in the ultra-competitive discount market. The company is building a 16-strong contingent in the city, leaving just a few dedicated staff at its main base in Fornebu, near ...

Bloomberg WestJet Airlines Ltd. is outgrowing its crush on Boeing Co.’s Max 7 jet, adding to concerns about the future of the smallest member of the 737 Max family. The Canadian carrier is switching its focus — and some of its orders — to larger, more fuel-efficient versions of the plane that fit better with its cost-cutting goals, Chief Executive ...

Bloomberg Airbnb Inc isn’t building an airline. It’s not going to start a generic flight booking platform. In fact, years after promising to get into the aviation business, Airbnb still hasn’t “settled on exactly” what it’s doing in air travel, Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky said in a statement. But the startup is hiring a former top airline executive to ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. was accused of negligence tied to a wildfire that tore through Malibu, California, in November and that purportedly started on the grounds of the nearby, disused Rocketdyne testing site. A group of homeowners sued Boeing along with Edison International, the parent of the utility they say was at fault in igniting the fire, in Los Angeles. They ...

Dubai / Emirates Business dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, continues to drive innovation in the Middle East aviation industry by launching a new resource management system in Dubai. The new system, which includes a leading-edge software platform and advanced analytic tools, will help the company optimise operations and efficiently manage its 20,000 employees and resources at ...

Bloomberg The mounting political crisis in Venezuela has prompted European airlines to add a stop in the Caribbean so that pilots and flight attendants don’t have to spend the night in the strife-torn country. Spanish airline Iberia has begun using Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic as a staging post for its three weekly services from Madrid to Caracas, while ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary will step back from day-to-day management as the discount carrier moves to a group structure that puts union negotiations into the hands of subordinates after a year of labour strife. Chairman David Bonderman, in the post since 1996, will also leave next year, according to a statement on Monday, following investor ...

Bloomberg British Airways is refusing to offer pilots and other staff a new three-year salary package, citing an uncertain post-Brexit outlook in proposing a 12-month agreement instead. “We can agree a one-year pay deal,” the IAG SA-owned airline said in a letter to unions obtained by Bloomberg News. “This gives certainty over pay for colleagues in what is anticipated to ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. soared after reporting record cash for 2018 while cracking the $100 billion sales barrier for the first time in its 102 years — and the US planemaker says the best is yet to come. Revenue, earnings and cash are all poised to rise this year, building on fourth-quarter earnings that beat estimates, the company said in a ...