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Virgin Atlantic pulls out of Hong Kong, closes offices

  Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. is pulling out of Hong Kong for good, cancelling flights and closing its offices in the Asian financial hub, ending a 30-year history in the city. The UK airline said in a statement that several factors contributed to its decision, including, on the basis of Russian airspace remaining closed, that Heathrow-Hong Kong-Heathrow flight times ...

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Airbus to auction off pieces from its A380 superjumbo

  Bloomberg Plane aficionados now have a chance to own a piece of one of the world’s most iconic aircraft — Airbus SE’s A380, the largest and most spacious passenger jet. Airbus is holding a three-day auction of some 500 pieces of the superjumbo, starting October 13. Items on sale include lamps, a bar, trolleys, seats, emergency exit signs, baby ...

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American Air says Covid led it to seek JetBlue alliance

  Bloomberg American Airlines credited Covid as a key reason it pursued a controversial business partnership with JetBlue Airways Corp., saying it needed the alliance to stay competitive in the heavily trafficked US Northeast. “Our business was hemorrhaging cash” in the spring of 2020, American’s CEO Robert Isom testified in a federal court in Boston, adding that the airline was ...

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