Bloomberg United Continental Holdings Inc.’s fourth-quarter profit exceeded expectations as a rebound in pricing power took hold across the airline industry. Earnings excluding certain items were $1.78 a share, compared with the average analysts’ estimate of $1.75 a share. Revenue rose less than 1 percent to $9.05 billion, the Chicago-based airline said in a statement. Analysts had predicted $9.06 …

  Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd. deepened its commitment to two-stop flights after deploying the world’s newest wide-body jet on services that call in at Manchester, northern England, en route to Houston, Texas. The Asian carrier this week upgraded the flight, which it operates under so-called fifth-freedom rights, to Airbus Group SE’s A350-900 jet, of which it has only 10 in …

  Bloomberg AirAsia Bhd., the region’s biggest budget airline, is likely to use most of the proceeds from a proposed sale of its aircraft-leasing arm to pay a dividend, its chief executive officer said in an interview. The airline expects to get binding bids for the unit by March and close the deal by summer, Group CEO Tony Fernandes, 52, …