Aviation

Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc. celebrated the final domestic flight for its Boeing Co. 747 jumbo fleet with an overnight party from Los Angeles to Detroit recently. The farewells were a little premature, it turns out. The carrier enlisted the iconic humpbacked jetliner to help whisk people away from Hurricane Irma, with a special round-trip flight from Detroit to Orlando, ...

Bloomberg India’s government, which is planning to sell a stake in its state-run flag carrier, is considering options such as keeping out at least a part of its $8 billion of debt to help lure investors, the nation’s civil aviation minister said. Air India Ltd.’s assets such as real estate could also be spun off into a separate company, A ...

Bloomberg Europe’s major airlines may need to consider merging their low-cost arms in order to fend off the challenge of discount specialists led by Ryanair Holdings Plc, International Air Transport Association Chief Executive Officer Alexandre de Juniac said. Fleets of barely more than 100 aircraft at any of the no-frills offshoots of Europe’s three big network airlines fall far short ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. and Airbus SE voiced concerns about a proposed tie-up of two leading suppliers, potentially upsetting United Technologies Corp.’s $23 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins Inc. The world’s largest planemakers added to the chorus of skeptics of a deal that would create an aerospace behemoth with a range of products to outfit jetliners and warplanes. Investors sent United ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc is rolling back its unusually generous carry-on policy after the budget airline’s customers proved more penny-pinching than expected by cramming too many bags onto the planes and causing delays. The Dublin-based carrier, which allowed two free bags in the cabin, will permit only one carry-on starting Nov. 1, with the second bag having to be checked ...

Reuters The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it is issuing a new security directive requiring enhanced screening of cargo from Turkey. The change was “to adequately address emerging threats to cargo and raise the baseline for global aviation security,” TSA spokesman Michael England said. The directive mandates voluntary measures already in use by Turkey and will ensure “cargo flying ...

Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp. is looking for more supermarket clerks and accountants to train to fly its planes as the US airline industry copes with a looming pilot shortage. The New York-based carrier said its first-in-the-US training programme that turns people with little or no flying experience into commercial jet pilots has been so successful that it’s seeking a second ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. raised its 20-year forecast for aircraft demand in China as economic growth and an expanding middle class spur travel in the world’s most-populous nation. China will need 7,240 new planes valued at almost $1.1 trillion in the two decades through 2036, Boeing said Wednesday. That compares with its projections last September for 6,810 aircraft through 2035. The ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE secured an order for 45 of its A350-900 jetliners from United Continental Holdings Inc., holding on to a critical win after a run of deferrals by US airlines for the European planemaker’s marquee wide-body plane. The deal, valued at $14 billion before customary discounts, is a conversion of an earlier order for 35 of Airbus’s bigger -1000 ...

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Asia’s biggest international carrier, is in talks with its pilots over compensation as it seeks to cut costs after reporting its worst half-half loss in at least two decades. The airline has been in discussions with its pilots over the past few months as part of its goal to become more competitive, the company said ...