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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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SpaceX Jan 9 launch puts Iridium’s future up in the air

  Bloomberg Iridium Communications Inc. needs SpaceX to get it right this time. Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is set to launch 10 Iridium communications satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Monday, marking the company’s first return to flight since a Falcon 9 rocket blew up on a Florida launch pad in September. The satellites are ...

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