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Amazon, Walmart team up to fight new Indian e-comm rules

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc and Walmart Inc find themselves on the same side for once. The bitter rivals have come together in India to lobby the government on regulations that threaten to dampen their expansion ambitions. Among other things, the giant retailers are asking for an extension on a February 1 deadline for implementing those rules, according to people with knowledge ...

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‘Heathrow plans to add 25,000 flights’

Bloomberg London’s Heathrow Airport plans to increase the number of flights by 5 percent before opening a third runway as part of a 16-billion-pound ($20 billion) expansion plan, the Times reported, citing a spokeswoman. The airport expects to add 68 more take-offs and landings a day in the next few years, which would exceed an existing flight limit set two ...

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FedEx drops Cuba-US air-freight service plan

Bloomberg FedEx Corp dropped a plan to begin cargo flights to Cuba, as an opening between the US and the communist country has foundered. The courier “will not be filing for an extension of the startup date for US–Cuba cargo air service between Miami and Varadero,” FedEx said. The company is abandoning its right to fly five weekly frequencies and ...

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