Aviation

  Bloomberg Airlines need to adopt more robust pilot training to prevent accidents when pilots must manually take over during emergencies or are confused by automated flight systems, US regulators said. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published what is known as an advisory circular on its website with extensive new training guidelines for carriers and other commercial aviation operators in ...

Bloomberg Emergency slides on Airbus SE A380 superjumbos are in danger of bursting when deployed after suffering degradation while jets were idled during the coronavirus crisis, Europe’s aviation regulator warned. Operators of the double-decker must replace escape chutes on two over-wing and six upper-deck exits when returning their aircraft to service, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said in ...

Bloomberg Airlines and regulators are pushing to have just one pilot in the cockpit of passenger jets instead of two. It would lower costs and ease pressure from crew shortages, but placing such responsibility on a single person at the controls is unsettling for some. Over 40 countries including Germany, the UK and New Zealand have asked the United Nations ...

  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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...