Aviation

Bloomberg Thai Airways International Pcl plans to return to the US market after a United Nations safety upgrade of Thailand’s aviation sector raised the odds of the Federal Aviation Administration following suit. The state-controlled carrier may add direct flights to America next year if the FAA promotes Thailand to its top safety category, said Krittaphon Chantalitanon, vice president of alliances ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE’s agreement to buy a majority stake in Bombardier Inc.’s C Series passenger jet programme not only injects critical financial support and expertise into the project, but also puts China’s aircraft-selling ambitions to the test. Potential buyers of the C Series aircraft have the comfort that Airbus, with its global presence, will provide support for the jet anywhere, ...

Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Project Wing is taking the next step to deliver items to people’s homes via drone, beginning a demonstration project this week in Australia with a Mexican food chain and a pharmacy company. Small drones will begin delivering actual purchases to backyards in rural areas, James Ryan Burgess, co-lead of Project Wing, said in a blog post. Alphabet’s ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc’s efforts to calm disgruntled pilots were dealt a blow after crew at London Stansted Airport turned down a wage increase that was meant as a peace offering, people familiar with the matter said. At a meeting, the majority of flight crew at the budget carrier’s biggest base voted against a deal from Chief Executive Officer Michael ...

Bloomberg Bombardier Inc. is seeking investors for its aerospace businesses and considering a sale of some operations, people familiar with the matter said, as a turnaround plan at the Canadian planemaker faces pressure from potentially crippling US tariffs on its marquee jetliner. The Montreal-based manufacturer is studying the disposal of assets including its Q400 turboprop and CRJ regional-jet unit, said ...

Bloomberg Hainan Airlines Holding Co., a unit of China’s HNA Group Co., moved to increase its stakes in three domestic carriers for 5.6 billion yuan ($850 million), continuing a buying spree as Beijing steps up scrutiny of the parent company’s acquisitions. Hainan Airlines plans to buy 10.3 percent of China Xinhua Airline Group Co., 37.6 percent of Changan Airlines and ...

Bloomberg Airlines including Ryanair Holdings Plc and IAG SA’s Aer Lingus and British Airways are set to ground hundreds of flights and said more cancellations are likely as 90-mile per hour winds from Storm Ophelia slammed into Ireland. Ryanair halted 92 flights from across Europe as of 11:25 am Irish time, according to updates on its website. Dublin-based competitor Aer ...

Bloomberg US authorities ordered inspections of some engines powering Airbus SE’s A380 superjumbo jet after one of the turbines blew apart last month during an Air France flight. The Federal Aviation Administration determined there was an “unsafe condition” that “is likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design,” according to the directive posted on its ...

Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. has transferred one of its daily trans-Atlantic flights to US ally Delta Air Lines Inc. so that some of its own Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner planes can be grounded for an engine fix. Delta took over the London Heathrow-New York John F. Kennedy International service and will operate it until October 31 using older Boeing ...

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc is negotiating with Air Berlin Plc administrators for 25 of the bankrupt carrier’s remaining aircraft at Berlin’s Tegel Airport. An agreement for that many jets would make the airport EasyJet’s second-biggest base after its operations at London Gatwick. Talks for the Airbus SE A320 jets are ongoing and subject to regulatory approval, the Luton, England-based discounter said ...