Aviation

Bloomberg Britain’s next government should appoint a commission tasked with choosing the locations for two new runways serving southeast England, the Institute of Directors said. With London Heathrow airport’s third landing strip not due to be completed until 2028 and Gatwick, south of the capital, filling up fast, the commission should be given only a year to determine the best ...

Dubai / Reuters The naming of a new boss at Etihad Airways presents the Gulf carrier with an opportunity to rethink its expansion strategy after the failure of minority-owned Alitalia underlined the big barriers to global growth. Ray Gammell was appointed interim CEO this week, days after Alitalia sought bankruptcy protection with $3.3 billion (£2.5 billion) of debt. He replaces ...

Bloomberg Aimia Inc., operator of loyalty programme Aeroplan, plunged as much as 65 percent after Air Canada said it will cut ties with the company in 2020 and launch its own rewards plan. The shares dropped 57 percent to C$3.88 in Toronto after earlier falling to C$3.13 in the biggest intraday decline since they started trading in 2005. Air Canada ...

Bloomberg US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly will meet with European Commission officials in Brussels next week to discuss prohibiting passengers bound for America from carrying laptops and other electronic devices in airliner cabins. Kelly talked with European commissioners Dimitris Avramopoulos and Violeta Bulc. Even though European airports and airlines are preparing for a ban, no action has been announced ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Saturday announced the appointment of Ali Ghanim Hadi as its new country manager for Sudan. Based at the airline’s Khartoum office, Hadi will be responsible for leading Etihad Airways’ commercial operations in Sudan, one of the airline’s longest-established markets. With over four years ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. resumed flights of its new 737 Max jetliners on a limited basis Friday, setting the stage for the first commercial delivery after a potential engine flaw temporarily grounded the single-aisle aircraft. Regulators cleared the planes to fly as long as they’re powered by spare engines that don’t include the possibly defective part, Boeing spokesman Doug Alder said. ...

Bloomberg A once-unwanted Qantas Airways Ltd. division with no planes or passengers is turning into the Australian airline’s biggest money spinner. Qantas’ frequent-flyer business, earmarked for sale at least twice, has delivered consistent growth since the airline’s historic loss in 2012. Now Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce is hatching more ambitious plans for his most profitable unit. Joyce expects the ...

Emirates Business Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon launched ‘Discovery’ –a new digital destination where travellers can access and enjoy content from the airlines’ leading inflight magazines, Discovery and Silkroad, wherever they are in the world. Complementing the airlines’ suite of inflight printed publications, the new online platform provides visitors with a broad range of articles and feature stories in a ...

Bloomberg European airlines are preparing for the anticipated widening of a US ban on bringing laptops and other large electronic devices on board planes bound for American airports. Air France-KLM Group and Deutsche Lufthansa AG are among carriers to say they’re making preparations for the moratorium on devices, including tablets and games consoles, to be expanded to their hubs after ...

Bloomberg Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd plans to sell a minority stake in its Istanbul unit, which operates Turkey’s second-biggest airport, people familiar with the matter said. The Malaysian company is seeking an investor for Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, also known as ISG, and plans to maintain control of the company, the people said, asking not to be identified because ...