Aviation

Bloomberg Boeing Co is advising airlines on procedures to deal with false readings from a plane sensor that authorities say malfunctioned on a 737 Max jet that crashed off the Indonesian coast over a week ago. An operations-manual bulletin was issued, Boeing said in a statement posted to Twitter, and tells crew to use existing guidelines when dealing with erroneous ...

Bloomberg United Continental Holdings Inc. will remove a flight attendant on most of its long-distance international routes, in a bid to keep costs in line with those of its US rivals. The change will take effect February 1, affecting flights on United’s Boeing Co. 787 and some models of 767 and 777 jetliners, according to a memo from John Slater, ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etihad Aviation Training (EAT) and Alpha Aviation Academy, the largest Multi Pilot training programme in Mena, have launched a partnership for the delivery of the Core Flying Skills components of Alpha’s pilot training programme. EAT is a well-established Approved Training Organisation (ATO) with one of the largest training facilities in the Middle East region. Student ...

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc will allow people who suffer from peanut and tree-nut allergies to board flights early so they can wipe down areas where they will sit to avoid potential exposure to allergens. The change will take effect December 12 when flight-service manuals are updated, American said in a filing with the US Transportation Department. Complaints over the ...

Bloomberg Icelandair Group Hf reached a surprise agreement to buy discount rival Wow Air, bringing together the island nation’s two financially embattled airlines. The carriers will continue to operate under separate brands while aiming to better compete on routes linking Europe with North America, they said. Shares of Icelandair surged on the deal, which will create a combined company with ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog is investigating Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. after the carrier last month disclosed the world’s biggest airline data breach that exposed personal information of 9.4 million customers. The compliance probe will examine security measures taken by Cathay Pacific to safeguard its customers’ private data and the airline’s information retention policy and practice, the city’s Privacy Commissioner ...

Bloomberg Swiss Air greeted the arrival of its latest plane with great fanfare, dubbing the Airbus SE A220 model the “Whisperjet” and promising neighbourhoods around Zurich Airport that it would be 50 percent quieter than older aircraft. But that tag has come back to haunt the Deutsche Lufthansa AG unit as the narrow-body’s twin engines emit what locals have described ...

Bloomberg The Lion Air plane that crashed last week had faulty airspeed readings during its last four flights, Indonesia said, asking Boeing Co. to take corrective measures on the aircraft to prevent similar accidents. Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee is collecting data related to the recovery efforts made during the prior malfunctions, the agency said in a statement on Monday, ...

Bloomberg South African Airways is working to find ways to roll over 9.2 billion rand ($642 million) of debt by March as the loss-making state-owned carrier works to make more routes profitable, Chief Executive Officer Vuyani Jarana said. While gross profit margins were negative on most routes when he started a year ago, domestic and regional routes are now making ...

Bloomberg Italy’s Alitalia SpA attracted bids from European discounter EasyJet Plc and US giant Delta Air Lines Inc., as the government renews attempts to sell the bankrupt flag-carrier. UK-based EasyJet said in a statement that it submitted a revised expression of interest in Alitalia, while Delta also presented a proposal. Italian state railway company Ferrovie dello Stato said it also ...