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Transat’s shares sink to 8-year low over takeover

Bloomberg Transat AT Inc, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, dropped to an eight-year low as investors bet against a travel recovery and the completion of a takeover by Air Canada. Shares of Montreal-based Transat have slumped every trading day this month except one. The stock’s 13-session losing streak is its longest since 2008. Transat has lost about C$475 million ...

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FedEx seeks to add small cargo jets

Bloomberg FedEx Corp is looking at using small self-flying cargo planes to serve remote areas after experimenting with a technology startup on autonomous aircraft, said Chief Executive Officer Fred Smith. The effort builds on the courier’s work with Silicon Valley’s Reliable Robotics, which was founded by veterans of Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. With approval from the US Federal ...

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Baltic worries swirl as Belarus protests open door to Russia

Bloomberg Russia’s increased presence in Belarus, where it’s helping strongman President Alexander Lukashenko retain power amid a wave of demonstrations, is putting nearby countries on alert. One is Estonia, which like its Baltic neighbours has been edgy since Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and backed a war on the two former allies’ border. More integration between Belarus ...

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