Washington / Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co. pilots, frustrated after four years of unsuccessful contract talks, asked the carrier to guarantee it won’t force them to fly Boeing Co.’s newest 737 before the plane is negotiated into a new agreement for the 8,000 workers. Adding the 737 Max before it’s listed in a labour deal would violate a provision of ...

  shanghai / bloomberg HNA Group Co., the Chinese conglomerate that controls the country’s fourth-largest airline, is in exclusive talks with the biggest shareholder of CWT Ltd. for a potential acquisition of shares in the Singapore-based logistics company. There is no certainty that the negotiations will result in an agreement, CWT said on Monday. The company’s shares rose after the ...

  Washington / Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc., the second-largest U.S. carrier, is trimming planned growth in the second half of this year to help counter rising fuel prices and weak foreign economies. It’s also delaying deliveries of four wide-body aircraft. The carrier will hold expansion to less than 2 percent while reducing domestic capacity increases to 2.5 percent in ...