Tuesday , 20 January 2026

Aviation

Rolls-Royce parts shortage to delay 787 engine repair

Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc is wrestling with a shortage of parts needed to repair hundreds of faulty engines that power Boeing Co.’s 787 wide-body jets, further stretching a tight timetable for repairs. The fix for excessive wear on the Trent 1000 turbines is taking about three days longer than planned in some cases due to a shortfall in stocks of …

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Lightning strikes more than once for Lufthansa’s tardy eurowings

Bloomberg A freak bout of electrical storms over Germany is to blame for the worst monthly punctuality record at Deutsche Lufthansa AG in at least two years, according to the company. The country suffered more lightning strikes in the first five months than in the whole of 2017, with planes hit by an average of three bolts a week, according …

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Gatwick spends $1.5bn to add 7mn more passengers

Bloomberg London’s Gatwick airport plans to spend 1.11 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) on expanding the capacity of its two terminals by 7 million passengers within five years. The world’s busiest single-runway hub will devote much of the cash to lengthening one of the piers at its North Terminal, used by airlines including EasyJet Plc and Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., to …

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Government mulls selling 100% Air India

Bloomberg India will soon revive the sale of its money-losing flag carrier with new guidelines after a recent attempt ended in a debacle last month, as the proposed terms deterred potential investors. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration is ready to “re-examine” its privatisation process, including a clause requiring a minority state stake in Air India Ltd., said Subhash Chandra Garg, …

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Swire Pacific unit Haeco surges as parent plans $382 million buyout

Bloomberg Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co., a unit of Swire Pacific Ltd., jumped the most on record after the parent said it plans to pay a 64 percent premium for shares it doesn’t own, giving small investors an opportunity to exit after trading languished at minuscule volumes. The property-to-retail conglomerate, which already owns 75 percent of the company, proposed to …

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Temasek, others to buy Hainan Airlines stake for $1.1 billion

Bloomberg Hainan Airlines Holding Co. plans to raise as much as 7 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) by selling shares to investors, including an arm of Singapore state investment company Temasek Holdings Pte., as part of a restructuring planned by the unit of Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. The Haikou, Hainan-based carrier is selling up to 20 percent of its Shanghai-listed …

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Rolls-Royce 787 engine woes widen as fault found

Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc’s engine-durability crisis worsened as the company revealed it has detected new issues that will require extra repair shop visits on a further batch of turbines that power Boeing Co.’s 787 airliner. The glitch concerns the intermediate pressure compressor on a “small number” of Package B Trent 1000 engines for the Boeing plane, London-based Rolls-Royce said in …

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These new airport lounges are designed to fight jet lag

Bloomberg A stretching studio. Guided meditation sessions. Shower suites with light therapy. They sound like the features of a New Age spa. But all are elements of Qantas Airways’ new international transit lounge at the Perth Airport. And they’re all designed with one purpose in mind: helping you combat jet lag. For the Australian carrier, this is an especially relevant …

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London Stansted targets 30 long-haul routes in five years

Bloomberg London Stansted airport, best known as Europe’s biggest discount hub, joined the major leagues with a first flight by Mideast giant Emirates and said it aims to add 30 more long-haul routes within five years. A catchment area that includes Cambridge, England — the focus for Britain’s technology and pharmaceutical sectors — as well as London’s City and Canary …

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Hainan Air to sell stakes to S’pore’s Temasek in rehaul

Bloomberg Hainan Airlines Holding Co. is seeking to sell shares listed in Shanghai to investors including a unit of Singapore’s sovereign investment fund Temasek Holdings Pte, according to a statement to the stock exchange Saturday. The air carrier said it plans to raise as much as 7 billion yuan ($1.09 billion) by selling as much as 20 percent of its …

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