Aviation

  Bloomberg Malaysia Airlines, which lost a wide-body jet with 239 people aboard three years ago in one of history’s most enduring aviation mysteries, has become the first airline to sign an agreement for space-based flight tracking of its aircraft. Malaysia Airlines Bhd. reached a deal with Aireon LLC, SITAONAIR and FlightAware LLC to enable it to monitor the flight ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Lufthansa is in talks with Iran Air to provide catering, maintenance and pilot training as it seeks to take advantage of emerging business opportunities in the country, executives at the German airline group said. Foreign companies have been vying for contracts in Iran since economic sanctions were lifted last year in return for Tehran curbing its ...

  Bloomberg American Airlines pilots will be surveyed about reactions to the carrier’s new uniforms after about 100 reported rashes, itching and other symptoms similar to those experienced by hundreds of flight attendants. Some aviators said recently they had red, swollen eyes and a general ill feeling even though they had been wearing the new clothing since September, according to ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways Engineering signed an agreement with Diehl Aerosystems to jointly design, manufacture and install the first serial produced 3D-printed cabin plastic part on an aircraft for one of its customers. Additive manufacturing, commonly referred to as 3D-printing, reduces lead time in design, decreases production costs and enables speedier manufacturing. Etihad Airways Engineering and Diehl ...

  DUBAI / AP Emirates, the Middle East’s biggest airline, said on Wednesday it is cutting flights to the United States because of a drop in demand caused by tougher US security measures and Trump administration attempts to ban travellers from Muslim-majority nations. The decision by the Dubai government-owned carrier is the strongest sign yet that the new measures imposed ...

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia will transfer airports to its sovereign wealth fund by mid-2018, as part of a nationwide privatization drive spurred by low oil prices. Airports will be turned into companies before being handed over to the Public Investment Fund, to help improve accountability, Faisal Al-Sugair, chairman of Saudi Civil Aviation Holding Co., said in a phone interview. The ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways Engineering (EAE) signed an agreement with Diehl Aerosystems to jointly design, manufacture and install the first serial produced 3D-printed cabin plastic part on an aircraft for one of its customers. Additive manufacturing – commonly referred to as 3D-printing – reduces lead time in design, decreases production cost of and enables speedier manufacturing. Etihad ...

  Bloomberg Airbus SE is being sued by some former consultants after the earlier discovery of questionable practices related to aircraft sales led the European planemaker to overhaul its business-partner relationships. The review and related legal matters may have a material impact on future financial statements, Airbus said this month in its annual report. It is “too early to determine ...

  CHARLOTTETOWN / AP Air Canada is apologizing to a Canadian family after the airline bumped a 10-year-old boy from a flight. Brett Doyle booked four tickets from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to Costa Rica for his family last August. A day before the vacation during March break, Doyle says he checked his family in for the flight online, but ...

  Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG said starting a domestic airline in India, the world’s fastest growing aviation market, will be a “misadventure” because of high jet fuel taxes and the cost of operations. Lufthansa’s comments come weeks after Qatar Airways Ltd said it plans to start an airline in India with as many as 100 planes, as the Gulf carrier ...