Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co said it was “hopeful” of returning to profitability in the third and fourth quarters, amid concerns over the financial impact of a coronavirus variant and a recent rash of flight delays. The potential for an adjusted profit excludes any benefit from billions of dollars in airline aid provided by the US government, Southwest said as it ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE is the favourite to win a multi-billion tender for a new aircraft fleet for the successor of Italy’s bankrupt Alitalia SpA, Corriere della Sera reported. Executives at Italia Trasporto Aereo SpA, known as ITA, have still not taken a final decision and are also talking to Boeing Co, Corriere said, citing three industry sources with knowledge of ...

Bloomberg A US safety regulator’s decision to sue Amazon.com Inc could bring clarity to a question that has long befuddled courts and state legislatures nationwide: Who is responsible when a product bought from the world’s largest online retailer hurts or kills someone? In recent years, dozens of people who say they were harmed by products, such as exploding hoverboards, defective ...