Aviation

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business­­­­­ Etihad Airways is reinforcing its partnership with leading wildlife charity, Born Free, by refreshing its popular ‘Etihad Explorers’ children’s packs, which now include an activity booklet developed with Born Free. The aim is to provide the airline’s younger guests with a greater understanding of animal welfare and how they can play a part in reducing ...

Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc. is taking a $30 million blow from Hurricane Florence. The hit to pretax earnings amounted to a 0.5 percentage point drag on total revenue for each seat flown a mile last quarter, the Atlanta-based airline said in a statement. The closely followed financial gauge probably climbed about 4 percent to 4.5 percent last quarter, the ...

Bloomberg Trying to predict the price of plane tickets has become something of a parlour game for companies looking to stand out in the online travel business. Microsoft Corp gave it a shot with Bing Travel before abandoning the feature several years ago. Kayak offers its own buying advice tool, with a warning that draws comparisons to the reliability of ...

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc has partnered with Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. for connections at its London Gatwick base, giving passengers on mainland Europe easy access to routes across the Atlantic. Connecting with Virgin flights will open up destinations including Las Vegas, Orlando, Antigua and St. Lucia, the carriers said in a joint statement. Similar agreements are already in place with the ...

Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp., lagging the airline industry’s share returns for a third straight year, is stepping up efforts to boost revenue. The New York-based carrier led US airlines in raising fees for checked bags this summer. It’s cutting frills in a new fare class designed to keep up with similar offerings at larger rivals and smaller discounters. And its ...

Bloomberg Primera Air is filing for bankruptcy. The Nordic carrier, which had only just started a new business flying long-range, fuel-efficient Airbus SE narrowbodies across the Atlantic, will cease operations as of midnight, it said in an emailed statement. The airline, which along with Norwegian Air Shuttle has attempted to upend the existing trans-Atlantic thoroughfare with low-cost, long-haul flights, was ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc caught investors off guard by saying labour strife and higher fuel prices are taking a heavier toll on earnings, sending the stock down the most since 2016. The shares plunged on Monday after Europe’s biggest discount carrier said profit for the year through next March will be about 12 percent lower than it had forecast less ...

Bloomberg Faulty Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc engine blades are deteriorating faster than expected, prompting additional groundings of Boeing Co.’s 787 jetliners for early repairs. The discovery affects about 120 Trent 1000 turbines, or about 8 percent of the global fleet, and has frustrated efforts to reduce the number of idled planes after a series of engine issues, a person familiar with ...

Bloomberg Embraer SA will have the right to block ten crucial matters in the commercial-aircraft joint venture it’s forming with Boeing Co, according to a Memorandum of Understanding between the two companies. The document was made available via the website of the Sao Jose dos Campos Metalworkers Union on Septemebr 21 after the Labor Prosecutor’s Office requested a copy of ...

Bloomberg Societe Nouvelle Air Congo, a state-owned carrier, is in talks with Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd. to buy three new aircraft as it prepares to begin offering regional flights, a director said. The company, known as SN Air Congo, plans to acquire ARJ21s, Michael Gollo, head of quality, safety and security, said by phone in the Republic of ...