Aviation

LONDON / Reuters Airbus wants Britain to provide more clarity over the country’s future relationship with the EU, or risk losing investment, the European planemaker’s CEO said. “We must have more clarity on the UK’s long-term relationships, not just for the next 20 months,” CEO Tom Enders said in an opinion piece in the Financial Times. “Britain must recognise that ...

Bloomberg Eurocontrol, an air traffic agency in Europe, asked airlines to apply caution on flights to the eastern Mediterranean region because of possible air strikes in Syria over the next 72 hours. “Due consideration needs to be taken when planning flight operations in the Eastern Mediterranean,” the agency said in a statement posted on its website citing the European Aviation ...

SINGAPORE / Reuters Malaysia Airlines has indicated that it may be interested in buying 20-30 widebody jets from either Boeing Co or Airbus SE, a source with knowledge of the matter said. Such a deal could either expand or replace a previous non-binding agreement with Boeing that was reached during a high-profile US visit by the country’s prime minister in ...

Bloomberg Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA has shelved flights between Europe and Canada until next year after delivery delays afflicting Boeing Co. 737 Max narrow-body jets left too little time to market the planned routes. Services won’t now begin until spring 2019 following a slippage of about four weeks in the handover of two 737s, Norwegian Air Chief Executive Officer Bjorn ...

Bloomberg China’s push to bolster its military firepower has turned a state-run aviation stock into one of Asia’s best performers this year. AviChina Industry & Technology Co., a maker of training jets, transport helicopters and airplane electronics systems, jumped 40 percent in Hong Kong since the start of February through April 9 as Beijing pledged to boost defense spending. That ...

Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp. reaffirmed its faith in Pratt & Whitney’s troubled jet engine with an order for another 97 to power new Airbus SE planes. The airline will take a total of 183 geared turbofan power plants, increasing an earlier decision to buy 86 engines for its A320neo family of aircraft, JetBlue said. While the carrier didn’t disclose the ...

Bloomberg New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport is no longer ranked among the 20 busiest in the world, thanks to the rush in Asia. Among those pushing out JFK was New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport that made its debut on the table last year at No. 16, according to Airports Council International rankings released on Monday. The Indian ...

Reuters France expects to take a “first significant step” in the development of a new European fighter jet with Germany later this month, Defence Minister Florence Parly said in remarks. Paris and Berlin first unveiled plans to develop the new warplane in July, two months after President Emmanuel Macron’s election win, burying past industrial rivalries to tighten defence and security. ...

Agencies India asked global companies to submit proposals for 110 fighter jets, the world’s biggest such order currently. The Indian Air Force sought requests for information for the supply of single- and twin-seat jets to be mostly manufactured locally, it said in a statement on its website. The Asian nation had earlier scrapped a deal to buy 126 fighter jets ...

Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc. said a cyber attack on a contractor potentially exposed the payment information of its “several hundred thousand customers.” A data breach from September 26 to October 12 at a company called [24]7.ai allowed unauthorised access to customers’ names, address, payment-card information, CVV numbers and expiration dates, Delta said in a statement. The vendor, which provides ...