Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd. will add flights to East and Southeast Asia from early next year and trim some US services as it tweaks routes and plane allocations to get a head start over rivals as nations ease travel restrictions. The city-state’s flag carrier will resume flights to Busan in South Korea and increase services on Airbus SE A380 ...
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Finnair plans to cut a quarter of its cabin-crew posts in Finland
Bloomberg Finnair Oyj revealed plans to eliminate about a quarter of its cabin-crew posts in Finland after the closure of Russian airspace upended a business model based on flights to Asia, forcing the firm into steep cost cuts. Finland’s state-controlled carrier is looking to scrap as many as 450 of its 1,750 flight-attendant post there and extend the outsourcing ...
Read More »Tata to merge carriers under Air India, nix Vistara brand
Bloomberg Tata Group is considering a plan to integrate its four airline brands under Air India Ltd., people with knowledge of the matter said, as the sprawling company prepares to rebuild its faltering aviation empire. India’s largest conglomerate is also considering scrapping the Vistara brand, which is Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s local affiliate in the South Asian nation, the people ...
Read More »Virgin slams Heathrow curbs, moots bid for own terminal
Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. called on regulators to ensure London’s Heathrow airport returns to full capacity next summer and linked his support for a third runway to measures that improve competition with British Airways, such as Virgin’s own dedicated terminal. Chief Executive Officer Shai Weiss is concerned that 2023’s peak season will see a repeat of capacity caps imposed ...
Read More »Indonesia’s deal to buy 36 F-15 jets in ‘advanced stages’
Bloomberg Indonesia’s defense chief said a $14 billion deal to purchase 36 new F-15 jets from Boeing Co. are in “advanced stages†after praising cooperation with the US during a visit by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. “Negotiations are continuing and we are at advanced stages of that negotiation,†Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto said on Monday at a news conference in ...
Read More »Thanksgiving holiday travel surge brings higher fares
Bloomberg When Claudia Estudillo learned she had to be in Cancun on business close to Thanksgiving, she decided to bring her husband and daughter with her over the holiday. What she wasn’t prepared for is a cost of almost $300 more per person than she expected to pay. They’re making the trip anyway, joining the throngs at airports. Planes ...
Read More »Viva Aerobus sells $51m in green bonds
Bloomberg Grupo Viva Aerobus SA, one of Mexico’s largest airlines, sold $51 million in its first sustainability-linked bond issuance, the company announced. Viva’s sustainability goal is to reduce jet fuel carbon emissions intensity per revenue passenger-kilometer by 35% in 2029 compared to a 2015 baseline. The company said it has a fleet with one of the lowest carbon dioxide ...
Read More »American-JetBlue alliance not justified, US argues
Bloomberg The partnership between American Airlines Group Inc. and JetBlue Airways Corp. has “absolutely no justification,†US Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge in closing arguments for the agency’s antitrust suit against the airlines. The government is seeking to dissolve the Northeast Alliance, a partnership formed between American and JetBlue in 2020 to share routes, bookings and passengers in ...
Read More »Dutch court finds three guilty for downing MH17 aircraft
Bloomberg Two Russians and a Ukrainian citizen were found guilty by a Dutch court of carrying out the deadly attack on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, in a judgment set to further inflame tensions between the West and the Kremlin. Judges in the Hague ruled that Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Ukraine national Leonid Kharchenko caused a missile ...
Read More »SpaceX in funding talks that would value it at $150bn
Bloomberg Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in talks to raise a funding round that values the rocket-launch and satellite company at more than $150 billion. The transaction being discussed represents a jump from the $125 billion valuation the company commanded earlier this year. Terms including the price haven’t been finalised and could still change. Shares are being discussed at roughly ...
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