Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc is taking a hard look at whether to buy Airbus SE’s proposed A321XLR aircraft, people familiar with the matter said. Any deal would be a big blow to struggling Boeing Co’s rival foray into mid-range flying. The US carrier sees the plane, which would have the longest range of Airbus’s single-aisle offerings, as a potential …

Bloomberg South African Airways is in talks with its existing banks, new lenders and the government. But talking won’t pay off 12.7 billion rand ($842 million) of imminently maturing debt. The stricken state-owned carrier called a media briefing to “give assurances to stakeholders about the airline currently and into the future” following the surprise departure of Chief Executive Officer Vuyani …

Bloomberg Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said the larger engines mounted to the Boeing 737 Max represented a design flaw and called for the plane to be permanently grounded. The 737 Max “must never fly again,” Nader said. “It’s not a matter of software. It’s a matter of structural design defect: the plane’s engines are too much for the traditional fuselage.” …