Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc. will defer delivery of 22 wide-body aircraft to spread out more than $1 billion in spending. The world’s largest airline reached an agreement with Airbus Group SE to take A350 XWB aircraft from late 2018 through 2022, deferring each plane’s arrival by an average of 26 months. American previously was to get the first …

  CAIRO / AFP The first solar-powered plane to circle the world took off from Cairo on Sunday for Abu Dhabi, in the final leg of its journey. Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard was behind the controls of Solar Impulse 2, which can fly for days on only energy from the sun. “It’s a project for energy, for a better world,” …

  HAGUE / AFP Dutch retail giant Ahold and Belgian rival Delhaize have announced that they have finalised their mega-merger after US regulatory authorities gave the union the green light. Both groups said they had inked an agreement to take effect from 2201 GMT after the Federal Trade Commission gave its assent. The FTC had earlier said the sale of …