Aviation

لآloomberg If you think the government should do something about the cramped legroom on airplanes, you’ve got a friend in a federal court. The US Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., ordered aviation regulators to consider setting minimum standards for the space airlines give passengers. “This is the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat,” Judge Patricia Ann Millett wrote ...

Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd. returned to a profit after a surprise loss in the last quarter, helped by a surge in the number of passengers and a recovery in the air cargo market. The main Singapore Air brand and all other divisions, including the budget-carrier unit, the cargo unit and an engineering company, all posted a profit at the operating ...

Bloomberg British Airways (BA) parent IAG SA and its biggest competitor Air France-KLM Group both boosted second-quarter earnings around 50 percent amid strong demand for business travel on routes to Asia and Latin America. Europe’s two largest airlines are benefiting from higher long-haul prices as rivals that are focused on shorter routes see fares crimped by overcapacity. IAG said earnings should ...

Bloomberg Avianca passengers face longer flight times to Europe and parts of the Caribbean as the Colombian carrier avoids Venezuelan airspace amid security fears. Flights to London and Madrid will take an extra 10 minutes, while steering clear of President Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela will add 42 minutes to flights to Curacao, according to company estimates seen by Bloomberg. The company ...

Bloomberg Malaysia Airlines Bhd. is in talks with potential investors for new charter flights to carry Muslim travelers on the annual Hajj pilgrimage, a service planned to give a new lease of life to surplus A380 superjumbos at the unprofitable carrier. The carrier will apply for a license with Malaysian authorities this quarter and expects the service — a separate ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE’s superjumbo production cuts are starting to affect suppliers, with GKN Plc saying the slow-selling A380 is weighing on revenue, highlighting the intertwined nature of the aviation industry as the U.K. engineer considers following the planemaker should it move plants abroad after Brexit. The impact of Airbus’s plan to slow output of the double-decker A380 is being felt ...

WAM Passenger traffic at Dubai International (DXB) surpassed 43 million in the first half of 2017, according to the traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports. During the first six months, the top country destinations in terms of total passenger volumes were India, with 5,943,359 passengers, followed by Saudi Arabia, the UK with 3,064,172 passengers, Pakistan, and 1,561,559 flyers ...

Bloomberg South African Airways asked the government for $772 million as part of a recapitalization plan aimed at returning the state-owned carrier to profit, according to Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba. The request was included in a one-year corporate plan submitted by the airline to the National Treasury in March, Gigaba said in a written reply to a question from opposition ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways on Tuesday introduced the Boeing 787-9 on its scheduled daily service from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, to Beirut, Lebanon. The new 787 Dreamliner service replaces the Airbus A321 aircraft previously operating the airline’s EY535/EY538 flights to and from the Lebanese capital. The Boeing 787-9 features Etihad Airways’ next-generation Business and ...

Dubai / Emirates Business In line with Emirate of Dubai’s efforts to become the world’s smartest city by the end of 2017, Eniverse Technologies – a Dubai based technology group – and Skycart – a San Francisco based drones company – have announced their new partnership to create ‘Space Autonomous Drones’ in Dubai, a company that will introduce one of ...