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IndiGo keen to buy stake in debt-laden state airline

Bloomberg India’s plan to sell a stake in the national carrier just got a fillip a day after the government decided to sell Air India Ltd., with the nation’s biggest airline expressing an interest to buy the state airline. IndiGo is keen to buy the flag carrier, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said in comments relayed by an aide. ...

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SAA to favour Vodacom executive as CEO

Bloomberg South African Airways (SAA) has identified Vodacom Group Ltd. executive Vuyani Jarana as the leading candidate to become the struggling state-owned carrier’s first permanent chief executive officer since November 2015, according to three people familiar with the matter. The debt-laden airline hasn’t made a profit since 2011 and is in talks with banks about repaying or refinancing 8.9 billion ...

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Airlines, airports may struggle with US security deadlines

Bloomberg Airlines and overseas airports will struggle to meet deadlines for implementing broad new security requirements on flights to the US, airline industry groups and consultants say. Airports have a short timeline to comply with a few of the directives the Department of Homeland Security, according to a memo from the International Air Transport Association to its members. Some technology ...

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