Aviation

  Bloomberg Hong Kong’s move to reduce mandatory hotel quarantine for international travellers isn’t enough to bring back tourists, according to Association of Asia Pacific Airlines Director General Subhas Menon. “It’s not time to bring out the bubbly,” Menon, whose group represents 14 Asia Pacific carriers including Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “It’s always ...

Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc CEO  Warren East unveiled lackluster first-half results in his final earnings presentation while saying a mounting recovery in long-haul travel means the jet-engine maker should still hit its full-year financial targets. The UK engineering giant posted an underlying operating profit of 125 million pounds ($152 million) for the first six months, down from 307 million pounds ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong should urgently provide a clear roadmap for the complete removal of all Covid-19 travel restrictions, the city’s main carrier Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said. The airline’s statement followed the government saying it will cut mandatory hotel quarantine to three days from a week, effective from August 12. A clear plan to lift all restrictions is needed ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Plc was slapped with a fine in Hungary over a windfall tax the airline’s Chief Executive Officer had called “beyond stupid.” Hungary’s Consumer Protection Office levied a 300 million forint ($781,270) penalty for Ryanair’s decision to pass on the cost of the tax to its customers, Justice Minister Judit Varga said in a Facebook post on Monday. Ryanair ...

  Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd needs executives from head office to leave their jobs for three months and haul luggage full-time to address a stubborn labour shortage that’s disrupting flights. The airline is looking for at least 100 volunteers to carry out shift work at Sydney and Melbourne airports, Chief Operating Officer Colin Hughes wrote in a note to managers ...

  Bloomberg Air New Zealand carried 10% fewer passengers in the last financial year, while volumes remain less than half pre-Covid levels. Passengers carried fell to 7.7 million in the year ended in June 30 from 8.6 million a year earlier, the carrier said in Wellington. The total slumped from 17.7 million in the year through June 2019. New Zealand ...

  Bloomberg Airlines cancelled more than 1,260 US flights as thunderstorms stretched from the Ohio Valley to the mid-Atlantic, with threats of flash flooding in some areas by evening. About 5,390 flights were delayed. The New York and Washington areas were among the most affected by the service disruptions. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) blocked departing flights headed for New York’s ...

  Bloomberg SAS AB reported a 32% plunge in passenger traffic last month, revealing the impact a strike had on troubled Scandinavian airline and its customers. The total number of passengers fell to 1.3 million in July from 1.9 million a month earlier, the Stockholm-based carrier said in a statement. Capacity falls 23% in July as the 15-day strike among ...

  Bloomberg An investor group led by Apollo Global Management Inc is acquiring Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc for about $3.2 billion, expanding its foray into aircraft leasing and charter flying as demand for air cargo cools from pandemic-era highs. The consortium agreed to pay $102.50 a share in cash, or about 57% more than the stock’s 30-day average price, ...

Bloomberg SAS AB reported a 32% plunge in passenger traffic last month, revealing the impact a strike had on the troubled Scandinavian airline and its customers. The total number of passengers fell to 1.3 million in July from 1.9 million a month earlier, the Stockholm-based carrier said in a statement. Capacity fell 23% in July as the 15-day strike among ...