Aviation

  Bloomberg The top attorney at the US Department of Transportation (DOT) planned to visit Southwest Airlines Co’s headquarters as part of an investigation into the carrier’s December operations meltdown that affected more than 2 million people, according to government emails. DOT General Counsel John Putnam detailed a proposed agenda for the trip in an earlier email to members of ...

Bloomberg The US reopened airspace over Montana after temporarily ordering a closure to investigate a “radar anomaly,” hours after a third object was shot down in North America this month. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, a joint US-Canada military command responsible for aerospace and maritime warning, said it detected the anomaly and sent fighter aircraft to investigate. The aircraft ...

  Bloomberg Heathrow Airport’s security, engineering and firefighting staff represented by the Unite Union will next week begin balloting for strikes, adding pressure to UK’s transport network which has been hit by a wave of industrial action. More than 3,000 members of UK’s Unite Union will start voting on February 17, with the ballot closing on March 17. These workers ...

  Bloomberg Boeing Co is set to score a 15-strong order for 737 Max jets from Greater Bay Airlines Co., a person familiar with the matter said, a win for the US company over rival Airbus SE, which had also been vying to supply planes that will be the backbone of the Hong Kong carrier’s operations. Greater Bay Air has ...

  Bloomberg The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Corp. have reduced laundry list of deficiencies on the contractor’s F-35 with fighter jet, the world’s costliest weapons program, due for a key combat simulation by mid-year. The number of “open deficiency reports” now stands at 831, the Defense Department’s F-35 program office said, down from 845 in September 2021. Earlier last year ...

Bloomberg Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. finally ended the development of its SpaceJet aircraft — a domestic short-haul jet that was to supply local carriers including ANA Holdings Inc. — after spending hundreds of millions of dollars on the project. Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Heavy lacked the understanding and technological know-how for SpaceJet to materialise, Chief Executive Officer Seiji Izumisawa said at a ...

  Bloomberg Recent plane near-collisions on runways have raised red flags among lawmakers crafting a major US aviation policy bill. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating two near-misses in recent weeks on runways at airports in New York and Texas. Lawmakers weighed how to respond at the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s first hearing of the year to ...

Bloomberg US aviation authorities are years behind on updating the critical-alert system that failed spectacularly last month, causing thousands of flight disruptions. Critics say the delay is a threat to passenger safety. House lawmakers are scheduled to hold a hearing on aviation safety at which they’re likely to raise questions about the January 11 meltdown of the Federal Aviation Administration’s ...

  Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc. is raising the pay of non-union employees by 5% as US carriers bask in an air travel rebound that has held steady despite growing uncertainty about the economy and consumer spending. The move includes an increase in base pay for ground and flight-attendant workers worldwide, along with additional compensation for certain other employees based ...

  Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc called for immediate action after illegal drone flying near Dublin airport caused disruption on three of four days over a bank holiday weekend, affecting thousands of travellers. Flight operations at the airport were suspended for three days due to drones spotted on the airfield, forcing several flights to be suspended, delayed, and diverted to other ...