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Airbus begins biggest restructuring with 15,000 jobs to go

Bloomberg Airbus SE embarked on the most extensive restructuring in its history, setting out plans to cut 15,000 civil-aerospace jobs as it attempts to steer through the crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The European planemaker will eliminate more than 10,000 positions across its main bases in Germany and France, part of an 11% reduction in global headcount, according ...

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Wizz carries more customers than Ryanair

Bloomberg Wizz Air Holdings Plc, Europe’s third-biggest discount airline, is attracting more passengers than long-time market leader Ryanair Holdings Plc as it races to restart flights following the easing of coronavirus lockdowns. Chief Executive Officer Jozsef Varadi has been building up operations faster than rivals, helped by Wizz’s focus on Eastern Europe, where the pandemic has had less of an ...

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Putin gets rare ‘no’ from voters in Russia’s far north

Bloomberg As Vladimir Putin surveys his resounding victory in this week’s national vote on constitutional changes that would allow him to rule until 2036, one Arctic region spoils the triumphant map. The remote Nenets Autonomous Region, an oil-rich swath of tundra about the size of Missouri that’s home to 42,000, was the only one in the official count to reject ...

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