Aviation

  Bloomberg China formally certified its homegrown aircraft to take on Boeing Co and Airbus SE in the highly lucrative market for narrowbody jets, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The announcement of the certification of Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd.’s C919 was made in Beijing, with President Xi Jinping and other high ranking Chinese government officials attending ...

  Bloomberg US aviation regulators warned Boeing Co. that its 737 Max 7 model is at risk of missing a key deadline later this year, potentially forcing the planemaker to carry out an expensive and complex redesign of the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration’s chief of aircraft certification told Boeing that the agency had approved less than 10% of the ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong will give away 500,000 plane tickets to lure visitors back to the financial hub when the government removes all remaining restrictions on inbound arrivals, local media outlet Sing Tao reported in a column, citing people it didn’t identify. Chief Executive John Lee may announce the plan to return to normalcy in his October policy address, unless ...

  Bloomberg Air India Ltd. is considering raising at least $1 billion in a funding round that could value the carrier at around $5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The carrier, controlled by India’s oldest conglomerate Tata Group, is in discussions with potential investors including private equity funds and sovereign wealth funds, said the people. Air India ...

  Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp decided to partner with American Airlines Group Inc. because of the legacy airline’s access at congested airports in New York, JetBlue Chief Executive Officer Robin Hayes told a Boston court. The alliance, which is being challenged by the Justice Department in federal court in Massachusetts, rankled rival Southwest Airlines, which had unsuccessfully sought to raise ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc said it’s ready to redeploy aircraft from Britain to more vibrant markets if the pound’s collapse, soaring inflation and higher interest rates begin to undermine travel demand there. The economic situation in Ryanair’s biggest market has become challenging following the turmoil unleashed by Prime Minister Liz Truss’s new fiscal policy, with concerns about the impact of ...

Bloomberg The Pentagon’s latest estimated cost to develop and procure the F-35 fighter jet, the world’s most expensive weapons program, has edged up to $412 billion from $398 billion, according to the Defense Department’s latest program report. The $398 billion estimate held steady for several years before the latest 3.5% increase, outlined in the Defense Department’s new Selected Acquisition Report ...

  Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is in talks with Airbus SE and Boeing Co. about buying next-generation freighter aircraft as it seeks to renew and replace some of its cargo jets. Hong Kong’s main carrier, also one of the world’s biggest cargo airlines by capacity, is mulling purchasing either Airbus A350 freighters or Boeing 777-8F jets. Cathay could buy ...

  Bloomberg Travel to and from Hong Kong is easier now that hotel quarantine has ended. It is also more expensive. Much more expensive. A business class ticket between Hong Kong and Los Angeles leaving on September 30 and returning on October 7 cost HK$102,270 ($13,029) with Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., the only carrier offering the nonstop service in the ...

  Bloomberg Jet Airways India Ltd., the carrier undergoing a court-monitored process to emerge from bankruptcy, won’t return to the skies this month as previously planned, according to people familiar with the matter. The airline, once India’s top private carrier, can’t sell tickets in September because lenders are reluctant to allow it to take on any fresh liabilities such as ...