Aviation

Bloomberg Bombardier Inc. is flying high — and analysts from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to AltaCorp Capital Inc. say the rally has plenty of room to continue. The Canadian planemaker is heading for its biggest annual stock gain in almost three decades, only two years after its shares dipped below C$1. The private-jet market is rebounding just in time for ...

Bloomberg China Southern Airlines Co., one of the nation’s top three state carriers, is exploring a joint venture with British Airways for flights between the Asian country and the UK, according to the company’s global sales director. Asia’s biggest carrier by fleet size is discussing with IAG SA’s BA on how to extend cooperation beyond the existing basic code-share agreement ...

Bloomberg Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA rose the most in three weeks after record revenue and a surprise profit added an unexpected sheen to the low-cost carrier that’s getting takeover interest from competitors. The shares gained as much as 8.2 percent after Norwegian reported record second-quarter revenue of $1.3 billion and net income of 296 million kroner, when analysts expected a ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc grounded dozens of flights as pilots in its Irish home market walked out after failing to agree to new contracts as part of a move towards unionisation at the discount giant. As of 6 am local time, Dublin Airport’s website listed as cancelled departures to 16 cities including London, Birmingham and Manchester, England, with a similar ...

Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp. is placing a big bet on Airbus SE’s newest jetliner. The carrier is ordering 60 of Airbus’s A220 jets, the freshly rechristened plane formerly known as Bombardier Inc.’s C Series. July 10’s sale, valued at $5.4 billion based on list prices before customary discounts, is the first since Airbus took control of the aircraft programme from ...

Bloomberg China Eastern Airlines Corp., one of the nation’s top three carriers, is raising as much as $2.2 billion from a sale of shares to help fund purchases of aircraft and engines as the company expands its fleet to meet surging demand for air travel. The state-owned airline proposes to sell as many as 1.62 billion shares on the mainland ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE and Boeing Co. split firm orders for 19 jets from the Indian affiliate of Singapore Airlines Ltd. that is seeking to start international flights and bolster local operations. Vistara, as the airline is known, will buy 13 of the A320neo and A321neo jets that have a list price starting at about $111 million each and six Boeing ...

Bloomberg South African Airways (SAA) pledged to urgently begin a search for a private-sector partner to help turn around the troubled state-owned carrier and ease the burden on an already stretched National Treasury. The assurance followed an attempt by the Solidarity union to end SAA’s reliance on state funding and push the airline into business rescue. The carrier hasn’t made ...

Bloomberg A charter plane crashed at an airport near the South African capital of Pretoria, injuring about 20 people, according to emergency services. One person died, News24 reported. “Initial reports show that approximately 20 people had sustained injuries ranging from minor to critical,” ER24 said. “The details surrounding this incident are not yet known to our paramedics.” While the aircraft ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong billionaire Henry Cheng’s jewellery-to-property business empire will acquire Dublin-based Sky Leasing for about $2.8 billion, including debt, to bolster the group’s aviation business. Though the Cheng family’s Goshawk Aviation Ltd. announced the deal last month, it didn’t disclose the value at the time. Of the total, 70 percent of the purchase will be funded with debt and ...