Bloomberg United Continental Holdings Inc. wants to acquire as many as 40 used Airbus SE jets, seeking a thrifty way to bolster short-distance service as the airline struggles to get costs under control. The carrier is looking at A319 and A320 single-aisle aircraft, the Chicago chapter of the United pilots union said in a memo to its members. A deal …

Bloomberg Airbus SE alerted US authorities to potential regulatory breaches, opening a new flank in the group’s efforts to resolve a series of probes into the use of payments and middlemen to win new business. Toulouse, France-based Airbus took the step after an internal review revealed “inaccuracies” in applications for defense-export licenses, it said. The development adds to existing investigations …

Bloomberg Airbus SE and enginemaker Pratt & Whitney’s compensation to IndiGo for glitches that grounded jets helped India’s biggest airline post quarterly profit that exceeded analyst’s estimates. The problems plaguing the carrier’s operation since July were fixed earlier this month after Pratt & Whitney managed to replace the engines that power the Airbus’s A320neo jets. The world’s biggest buyer of …