Bloomberg Air Canada has a succession gap now that its No. 2 executive is leaving to run Europe’s largest airline. But the Canadian carrier has a deep management bench that will minimise disruption, say Cowen & Co. and RBC Capital Markets. Chief Operating Officer Ben Smith will leave Air Canada on August 31 to take charge at Air France-KLM, the ...

Bloomberg Labour unions are lobbying shareholders at strike-ravaged Ryanair Holdings Plc to pressure the airline into abandoning a business model they say is based on browbeating staff to keep down costs. Other discount carriers manage to turn a profit while maintaining a healthy working environment, the Belgian, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian unions said to investors, adding that Ryanair has been ...

Bloomberg Kroger Co. is bringing self-driving grocery delivery to Arizona. The largest grocery chain in the US will start delivering groceries in autonomous-capable Toyota Prius cars at a Fry’s Food Stores location it owns in Scottsdale. To start, there will be a driver in the vehicle, though the second phase of the test — slated to begin late next month ...