Bloomberg South Africa’s government ruled out an intervention in the ongoing battle between the struggling state airline and unions leading a strike, with public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan refusing to step in to fund wage demands. The state has already given South African Airways (SAA) more than $1.4 billion over the past three years, Gordhan said in an emailed statement. …

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc plans to become the first carrier to offset carbon emissions from all its flights as the aviation industry responds to a growing outcry over its contribution to climate change. “It’s not to say that this is the perfect solution, we know it’s an interim step before new technologies come into play,” CEO Johan Lundgren told Bloomberg TV. …

Bloomberg The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended that the Boeing Co 737 NG (Next Generation) be redesigned to prevent a repeat of a fatal accident last year in which an engine part broke off in flight, killing a passenger. More than 7,000 so-called 737 Next Generation planes could be affected by the recommendation that the inlet to the …