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SpiceJet to buy 92 Boeing 737 jetliners worth $10.1 billion

  Bloomberg Indian budget airline SpiceJet Ltd. is poised to order at least 92 Boeing Co. 737 jetliners as the carrier plots rapid expansion in the world’s fastest growing aerospace market. The transaction, which would more than double SpiceJet’s 40-plane fleet, may be closed within weeks after lengthy talks that pitted Boeing against rival Airbus Group SE, people with direct ...

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Ryanair, Norwegian topple European aviation’s old order

  Bloomberg Aggressive growth strategies at Europe’s leading discount carriers are poised to overthrow the region’s established airline order. Ryanair Holdings Plc, already Europe’s top low-cost operator, boosted its passenger tally 15 percent to 117 million in 2016, a figure that’s set to give it the biggest annual tally of any carrier in the region, ahead of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, ...

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Mexican firms win $4bn airport contract

  MEXICO CITY / AP A consortium led by Mexico’s Carso infrastructure and construction company has won a $4 billion contract to build the main terminal building at Mexico City’s new airport. The $9.2-billion project will quadruple the current airport’s capacity to 120 million passengers per year. Mexican builder ICA Constructora de Infraestructura will join nine firms, some Spanish, in ...

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