Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd. plans to expand its international business after a three-year restructuring effort by Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce helped deliver record profits for the Australian carrier. The division, which was losing money before the turnaround, is now in a position to grow, Joyce, 50, said in an interview in Beijing with Bloomberg TV on Thursday. Joyce …

  DUBLIN / Reuters Ryanair is in talks about providing connecting flights to AlItalia’s long-haul services and has raised objections with German authorities about a Lufthansa-Air Berlin tie-up, as it tries to ease its expansion in continental Europe. The Irish airline, Europe’s largest by passenger numbers, is looking to add 11 million passengers in the year to March 2018 and …

  Bloomberg Copperchase Ltd., a UK-based contractor, began the first phase of construction of an airport in central Iraq that will help ease travel for millions of religious pilgrims who visit the city of Karbala each year. The company is building a runway, terminal, control tower and other facilities at a cost of between $250 million and $500 million, Nahidh …