London / Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said it’s talking with Airbus Group SE about the planemaker’s proposal for a bigger version of the newest A350 wide-body, a model which needs to attract a strong set of initial customers to get the go ahead. Cathay, which already has 48 A350s on order, is keen on a so-called stretched variant …

  New Delhi / Tribune News Service Air India will offer discounted tickets for students travelling for educational purposes on all its domestic flights during the lean season of July and August. Students can fly for Rs.3,500 for distances up to 1,000 km and at Rs.5,500 for over 1,000 km. Tickets must be booked between June 1 and August 31 …

  Mumbai / Bloomberg ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. has picked arrangers for an initial public offering of as much as 60 billion rupees ($892 million), people familiar with the matter said, in what could be India’s biggest first-time share sale in six years. The country’s largest private-sector life insurer selected Bank of America Corp. and ICICI Securities Ltd. to …