Aviation

  Bloomberg As border curbs and mandatory quarantines fall away, a fresh challenge is emerging for global aviation — rehiring staff fast enough to cope with a rebound in air travel that is already straining the industry. Singapore, which has flung open its borders again, is hosting a two-day job fair targeting everyone from graduates to mid-career professionals and former ...

Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc is cutting flights just ahead of the busy Memorial Day weekend and through the summer to help it recover faster from bad weather, higher-than-expected worker absences and other issues that have rattled recent operations. The airline said it will trim about 100 flights a day in the US and Latin America from July 1 through ...

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd has started a review that could lead to the shuttering of its pilot bases in the US, the Hong Kong carrier’s last overseas outpost, as it continues to cut costs to stem a cash drain from operating so few flights during the Covid crisis. Cathay has bases in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and ...

  Bloomberg India’s flying public is becoming increasingly frustrated with the nation’s airlines, according to a survey undertaken for Bloomberg, saying that customer service and the behaviour of airline staff has deteriorated sharply in the wake of Covid-19. Some 79% of the 15,000 airline passengers surveyed by LocalCircles said they believe carriers in India are compromising on passenger comfort and ...

Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd’s pilots union has warned of looming risks to flight safety — from crew fatigue to looser landing rules in Australia — as a travel rebound stretches an industry still fragile from the pandemic. With domestic travel restrictions eased, passenger demand in Australia exceeds 2019 levels and Qantas and smaller rival Virgin Australia are ordering new planes ...

  Hanoi / WAM All airline members of Vietnam Airlines Group, Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASO, will offer more than 7.1 million seats on both domestic and international routes during the peak summer travel season. According to Vietnam News Agency (VNA), it is estimated that a total of over 36,000 flights will be made available for summer travellers from ...

  Bloomberg IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, slipped back into a loss in its latest quarter as the omicron-led virus wave in the country curbed air travel. Fuel-related expenses also rose sharply. The carrier, operated by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, posted a loss of 16.8 billion rupees ($216.7 million) in the three months through March, according to an exchange filing. The average ...

Bloomberg Britain set out plans to bolster airlines and airports roiled by the coronavirus pandemic, while emphasizing that growth must be in line with steps to slash carbon emissions and promising a charter for traveller rights. The ten-point strategy revealed by the government lists ambitions including sustainable growth in both passengers and cargo and the addition of airport capacity where ...

  Bloomberg Boeing Co is taking steps to bolster safety and address criticism that it lacked a robust, in-house oversight program in the wake of two fatal 737 Max accidents. Even so, there’s still much to be done some three years after the twin tragedies, which killed 346 people and sparked a global grounding of the Max aircraft, plunging Boeing ...

  Bloomberg Air France-KLM plans to sell about 2.26 billion euros ($2.4 billion) of new shares to shore up its balance sheet and repay a chunk of the state aid that helped the carrier survive the Covid-19 crisis. The proceeds of the rights issue will be used to reimburse about 1.7 billion euros of subordinate bonds issued in April last ...