Aviation

Bloomberg Manufacturers of airport security equipment have a message for travelers who fear they will have to give up laptops and tablet computers on international flights: They have a solution. At least four of the largest companies making screening devices say they are developing scanners so much better at detecting explosives than existing X-ray machines that passengers could leave laptops, ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc will soon offer connections to destinations including New York and Havana, as the budget carrier widens its network of long-haul partners with a deal with Spain’s Air Europa. In the first stage of the cooperation starting Tuesday, Ryanair customers can book Air Europa tickets to 20 cities in the Americas via the Dublin-based carrier’s website, the ...

Bloomberg AirAsia Bhd., the low-cost carrier that flies only Airbus SE planes, would consider using newly developed aircraft such as the Chinese-made C919 as the airline expands its fleet and destinations. “I think as an airline you have to look at everything,” AirAsia Group Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes said in a Bloomberg Television interview, when asked whether the carrier ...

Bloomberg Wizz Air Holdings Plc plans to step up its expansion in Eastern Europe as slower capacity growth at local flag-carriers stung by higher fuel costs encourages a recovery in ticket prices. Budapest-based Wizz will add 6.6 million seats in the year that began April 1, lifting its capacity to about 33 million passengers. The increment represents about half of ...

Bloomberg Never mind voters or airport executives. The constituency Canada needs to get on board for any privatization of the country’s airports is its bondholders. Investors who hold debt in the country’s biggest airports are protected by rules and contracts that would likely require the government to get their consent — and offer compensation — before it could change the ...

Bloomberg As Singapore Airlines Ltd. considers broadening its debt sources amid plans to spend S$30.1 billion ($22 billion), some analysts are pointing to the likelihood of a shift to US-dollar bonds and the higher borrowing costs that may entail. Chief Financial Officer Stephen Barnes said on May 19 that the carrier is looking to raise funds in different currency bonds. ...

Emirates Business CEB will fly the last of its four-times-a-week service from Manila to Kuwait on June 13, and its Kuwait-Manila flight on June 14. The thrice-weekly Manila-Doha-Manila route will have its last flight on July 1. The airline’s last flight from Manila to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia will depart on July 2, while the Riyadh-Manila flight will leave on July ...

Emirates Business The newly re-branded award winning Dubai based consultancy and design agency ODG (previously Open D Group, Retail Access and Sparkle), has been appointed by Oman Sales and Services (OSS) (A joint venture between Oman Air and Aer Rianta International Middle East) to design and project manage the entire duty free at the New Muscat International Airport. OSS successfully ...

Bloomberg Selling aircraft to the world’s elite is set to remain a struggle as concerns about the fallout from Brexit and political uncertainty in the US weigh on buyers of corporate jets, according to Embraer SA. Western European markets are sluggish, and demand could dip in the US, said Michael Amalfitano, who took charge of the Brazilian company’s corporate-aircraft division ...

Bloomberg Ethiopian Airlines was betting Airbus SE’s new A350 widebody would help it lure lucrative business-class passengers away from the likes of Emirates, but nagging delivery issues are putting Africa’s largest carrier behind schedule. The airline won’t receive 10 new planes by the end of June as planned, with some coming as late as next year, Thomas Gabreyohannes, the carrier’s ...