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Billionaire owners’ public spat weighs on IndiGo’s future

Bloomberg A fight between two billionaire co-founders is threatening to hurt one of the world’s most successful airlines. Rakesh Gangwal, 65, is accusing partner Rahul Bhatia, 59, of corporate-governance transgressions at Indian budget airline IndiGo and wants his powers curbed. Bhatia denies the allegations, and there’s no sign yet that the disagreement is affecting financial performance of the airline, operated ...

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Mexico settles dispute on airport terminal

Bloomberg Mexico City’s airport authority settled a dispute with builders on an 85 billion peso ($4.45 billion) contract for the terminal at a new Mexico City airport that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador canceled a month before taking office. Grupo Aeroportuario Ciudad de la Mexico will pay 14.2 billion pesos, equivalent to 16.7 percent of the contract’s total cost, to ...

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UAE grants $50m for Palestinians

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE on Saturday announced a $50 million donation to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), as part of its commitment to supporting the Palestinian people. With this donation, UNRWA will provide health services to Palestinian refugees —mothers and children — implement educational programmes to ensure the ...

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