Aviation

Bloomberg India is planning to revise the specifications for one of the world’s biggest fighter jet orders, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would allow manufacturers such as Boeing Co. and United Aircraft Corp. to pitch their twin-engine combat aircraft. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has asked the Indian Air Force if the search for fighter jets ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co.’s boss threw cold water on speculation that the aerospace giant is contemplating a major acquisition, reaffirming the company’s focus on “targeted” deals and returning cash to shareholders. CEO Dennis Muilenburg said Boeing’s top priorities are investing in its factories and jetliners while expanding shareholder returns. The planemaker has the “horsepower” to pursue deals while pouring cash into ...

Bloomberg Handing over a new aircraft is usually a celebratory affair: the customer inspects the new toy, the planemaker breathes a sigh of relief, and everyone poses with a big smile. For Airbus SE’s second-in-command Fabrice Bregier, the delivery of the first A350-1000 model came with a bitter-sweet tinge: his last day at the European manufacturing giant after being overlooked ...

Bloomberg Airline pilots, still resentful over pensions yanked away in a wave of industry bankruptcies, see growing company profits as a chance to reclaim some of those lost benefits. Unions at American Airlines Group Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. are studying ways to reconstitute or replace retirement plans that were scrapped or frozen during the carriers’ past financial struggles. ...

Bloomberg Asia’s icy winter just spawned Europe’s strongest jet fuel market in over three years. The fuel’s premium to diesel, the most-watched measure of market strength, jumped to $2.59 a barrel in Europe, the highest since December 2014. Freezing weather in Asia is drawing cargoes of kerosene, which is almost identical to jet fuel, from Middle East refineries that were ...

Bloomberg Mumbai finally started work on a new airport more than two decades after first proposing it, as jets ran out of space to operate in one of the busiest aerodromes using a single runway. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Navi Mumbai International Airport on February 18, to be built on about 2,866 acres of land ...

Bloomberg Fuel hedging hasn’t translated into lower jet fuel prices for some of the biggest US airlines, even after crude oil rose 17 percent in the fourth quarter. American Airlines Group Inc., United Continental Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc., three airlines that stopped fuel hedging, will pay the least for fuel this quarter, according to company projections. Alaska ...

Bloomberg After delaying spending on its fleet for too long during a turnaround program, Qantas Airways Ltd. faces a possible funding squeeze when it’s time to buy new planes, according to S&P Global Ratings. The Australian flag carrier needs to increase investment in its aging fleet of 309 planes before the sum required is too large to handle, S&P said ...

Bloomberg Air France-KLM Group said it will accelerate capacity increases despite an uncertain economic climate in order to defend its share of an air-travel market that’s becoming flooded with discount rivals. The Paris-based carrier will boost seating by up to 4 percent this year in a bid to combat the low-cost challenge, even as fuel expenses jump by a forecast ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE promised 20 percent earnings growth this year — pushing the stock up the most since 2008 — so long as it can iron out persistent manufacturing problems on two key aircraft programs. The European planemaker ended 2017 with a record order backlog and delivered more jets than ever before. The shares advanced as much as 10 percent ...