Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG may have won its battle for state aid, but its surrender of airport slots to appease regulators heralds heightened conflict between European aviation’s old guard and low-cost challengers. A rivalry that’s been simmering for years has been given fresh impetus by the coronavirus crisis, with former flag carriers falling back on government support as discounters including …

Bloomberg South Africa’s government provisionally agreed to allocate at least 21 billion rand ($1.2 billion) to the country’s embattled national airline to help repay debt and resume operations after the lifting of Covid-19 travel bans. The proposed package includes about 17 billion rand that will go towards repaying South African Airways (SAA) creditors, according to a draft copy of a …

Bloomberg Party City Holdco Inc, the retailer that has been trying to reduce its $2 billion debt load as social distancing scraps celebrations, will try to convince creditors to sign a deal that would trim its borrowings and inject fresh cash into the company. The company reached an agreement with holders of more than 52% of its bonds that would …