Aviation

  Bloomberg With a flat fee of $70 for trips into Manhattan and a guaranteed stream of passengers, a ride to and from New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport is one of the more lucrative journeys for the city’s cab drivers. But federal prosecutors say two 48-year-old Queens men found another way to profit from the crowd of taxis …

  Bloomberg London City airport dialed back proposals for more early-morning and Saturday flights in a bid to make its plans to lift capacity by almost 40% more palatable to planning officials and local people. The terminal, favoured by business travellers for its proximity to London’s financial districts, is sticking with an application to raise its annual passenger cap to …

  Bloomberg Rolls-Royce said a new aircraft engine designed to slash carbon production over coming decades is ready to be fired up in ground-based tests. The demonstrator turbine for the so-called UltraFan program has completed assembly and been transported to Rolls’s purpose-built Testbed 80 in Derby, England, where it has been mounted in preparation for activation early next year, the …

  Bloomberg US congressional leaders are poised to exempt two Boeing Co 737 Max models from a new cockpit requirement that would take effect next week, a victory that would help the planemaker avoid an expensive redesign and potentially lengthy certification delays for the jets. Lawmakers were expected to include the controversial provision in the so-called omnibus bill expected to …

  Bloomberg The Adani Group rolled out a digital platform for its airport vertical as the ports-to-power conglomerate, helmed by Asia’s richest person, Gautam Adani, inches closer to unveiling its super app. Adani One, developed in-house, will enable users to book air tickets, check flight status, access lounges, shop for duty-free products, get cabs and avail parking facilities. “We have …

  Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby met with pilots at a Mesa Air Group Inc training facility, after Mesa said it had ended its partnership with United competitor American Airlines Group Inc. Kirby, whose company already contracts with Mesa for some service, visited amid talks to expand its ties with the regional carrier, Mesa CEO …

  Bloomberg L3Harris Technologies Inc has agreed to buy rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc in a deal valued at about $4.7 billion. L3Harris will pay $58 per share in the all-cash transaction, which includes debt, the company said in a statement. The transaction price represents a 37% premium to what Aerojet cited in an investor document as its …

  Bloomberg Peru’s government is reopening some airports ahead of another attempt by congress to approve early elections to calm protesters and alleviate the country’s political crisis. The airport in Juliaca, in southern Peru, will resume operations while the airport in the south-central city of Ayacucho could resume operations on Tuesday, Transport Minister Paola Lazarte said in a tweet from …

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc said it will wind down its partnership with Mesa Air Group Inc on concern about reliability at the regional airline, which has been struggling to hire pilots during an industry-wide shortage. “Mesa Airlines has experienced various financial and operational difficulties this year,” Derek Kerr, American’s chief financial officer, said in a memo. “We have concerns …

  Bloomberg Kenya’s government is prepared to sell its entire stake in the East African nation’s loss-making airline, newly elected President William Ruto said. “I’m willing to sell the whole” of Kenya Airways Plc, Ruto said in an interview on the sidelines of the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington. “I’m not in the business of running an airline that just …