Bloomberg Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce, who is steering Qantas Airways Ltd. through a successful three-year transformation, has one word of advice for Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. — adapt. On Wednesday, Hong Kong’s flagship carrier reported its first annual loss since 2008 as declining demand for business travel and competition from Chinese rivals eroded earnings. While Joyce’s restructuring at …

  Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG said a slide in fares triggered by excess capacity is beginning to slow, easing the burden on earnings as fuel costs rise. Adjusted operating profit will decline “slightly” in 2017 after the figure dropped 3.6 percent to 1.75 billion euros ($1.9 billion) last year, Lufthansa said in a statement on Thursday. The guidance for this …

  Bloomberg J Sainsbury Plc said it’s cutting costs in an effort to avoid raising prices in response to the drop in the pound, after sales fell in its core grocery business. British supermarket chains have begun raising prices for the first time in more than two years as the slide in sterling since the U.K. voted to leave the …