Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc. ordered its first long-range Airbus SE A321neo jets, dealing a new setback to Boeing Co. as the US planemaker struggles through the grounding of its 737 Max. The carrier said it would take 50 of Airbus’s A321XLR jets, with deliveries to begin in 2024 — a year after the model’s planned debut. Valued at $7.1 …

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG was hit with a proposed $6.4 million fine by US aviation authorities over accusations that the carrier operated about 600 flights into San Diego and Philadelphia without proper approval. The Federal Aviation Administration said Lufthansa knew it lacked authorisation to fly to the two cities from March 22, 2018, through May 27 of this year, the …

Bloomberg Hong Kong Airlines Ltd., the city’s only other competitor to Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., is fighting for survival just as the busy Christmas season approaches. The Air Transport Licensing Authority told the carrier that its finances had deteriorated so much that it needs to raise more cash or risk losing its license. The regulator will make a decision by …