Aviation

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump called the US air-traffic system ‘obsolete’ in comments that were cheered by proponents of taking the job of monitoring the skies away from government. Trump, speaking at a meeting of airline executives and other aviation industry officials, made the strongest comments to date from the White House on problems with the air-traffic system. He echoed ...

  BERLIN / AP German firefighters on Sunday evacuated hundreds of passengers at Hamburg Airport after about 50 people were injured by an unknown hazardous material that likely spread through the airport’s air conditioning system. All flights were halted for several hours due to the evacuation, but air traffic started running again around 2 p.m., airport spokeswoman Karen Stein said. ...

  Bloomberg The Oneworld alliance, which includes British Airways and American Airlines, is reviewing the case for seeking members from the ranks of discount carriers while exploring measures to fill gaps in emerging markets. Rob Gurney, who took over as Oneworld’s chief executive officer in October, said he’s considering the group’s approach to low-cost operators that account for an ever-increasing ...

  Reuters Kenya Airways is considering offering higher wages to entice back dozens of engineers who quit the loss-making carrier to join Gulf-based airlines in the past year, its chairman said. The airline, part-owned by the state and part-owned by AirFrance KLM, sank into the red four years ago after tourism slumped following a spate of attacks in Kenya by ...

  Bloomberg The decision by American Airlines Group Inc.’s chief executive officer to skip an industry meeting with President Donald Trump is drawing criticism from the carrier’s pilots union. CEO Doug Parker’s failure to attend has “shaken our confidence” in his judgment, Dan Carey, president of the Allied Pilots Association, said in a statement Friday. “For our airline’s CEO to ...

  Bloomberg For at least a decade, Ryanair Holdings Plc CEO Michael O’Leary dreamed about coming to America, bringing the Irish carrier’s insanely low fares to the other side of the pond. Expand west to the largest aviation market. Price the cheapest seats at $10. Offer business class up front for those willing to pay. A leader among ultra low-cost ...

  Bloomberg Boeing Co. won orders for 39 wide-body aircraft from Singapore Airlines Ltd. as Southeast Asia’s biggest long-distance carrier upgrades its fleet over the next decade with more fuel-efficient models in an effort to cut costs. The airline agreed to buy 20 777-9s, which are set to debut at the decade’s end, and 19 787-10s, the longest Dreamliner model, ...

  Bloomberg Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA said it has chosen the first two U.S. bases for the trans-Atlantic flights it plans to introduce later this year using Boeing Co. 737 single-aisle planes. The discount airline will serve one airport north of New York City and another south of Boston, Chief Executive Officer Bjorn Kjos said at a briefing in Brussels. ...

  ADDIS ABABA / Reuters Ethiopian Airlines’ chief executive said that a US order temporarily halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority states was creating confusion for passengers but was not having much impact overall on its operations. Tewolde Gebremariam also said the airline’s revenue rose 10.3 percent to 54.5 billion birr ($2.43 billion) in the 2015/16 fiscal year, while passenger numbers ...

  Bloomberg Azul SA, the Brazilian airline led by JetBlue Airways Corp. founder David Neeleman, filed for an initial public offering in the U.S., following at least two previous delays because of slumping Brazilian stocks. The Sao Paulo-based airline filed Monday for a $100 million IPO, a placeholder amount used to calculate fees that may change. Proceeds from the offering ...