Bloomberg Air France-KLM vowed to expand low-cost and transatlantic flights after raising 2.26 billion euros ($2.4 billion) to repay a chunk of the state aid that helped the carrier survive the Covid-19 crisis. The proceeds of the rights issue launched last month will be used to reimburse about 1.7 billion euros of bonds issued last year and held by …

  Bloomberg IndiGo, India’s largest airline, looks close to inducting its first freighter plane as it seeks to capture the boom in air cargo driven by the pandemic. An IndiGo CarGo-branded aircraft was spotted at Seletar Airport in Singapore’s north east. Seletar is a much smaller airport than Changi Airport, serving mainly private jets, a few regional commercial flights and …

  Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd flagged it will post a narrower first-half loss than the previous year on continued strong cargo demand and cost-cutting measures. “Our consolidated losses in the first half of 2022, while substantial, are expected to be lower than the consolidated losses reported in the first half of 2021,” Ronald Lam, the airline’s chief customer and …