BLOOMBERG Feeling the pinch of airfare inflation? JetBlue Airways Corp announced an expansion of its transatlantic service with daily nonstop, round-trip flights from New York City to Paris beginning on June 29, 2023. Main cabin fares start at $479, a price tag that’s roughly 60% lower than similar overnight departures on Delta Air Lines Inc and American Airlines Group Inc. …

BLOOMBERG Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd posted an annual operating profit for the first time since 2019, after Hong Kong opened for quarantine-free travel again following more than two years of Covid restrictions. Operating profit in 2022 was HK$3.55 billion ($452 million), comfortably beating the HK$2.87 billion average estimate from analysts. Revenue grew 12% to HK$51.04 billion, Hong Kong’s main airline …

BLOOMBERG Lego Group reported the smallest increase in profit in three years as the world’s largest toymaker faced higher costs and invested heavily in production to meet rising demand. Net income rose 3.7% to 13.8 billion kroner ($2 billion) in 2022, the Billund, Denmark-based company said. Expenses jumped 22% and revenue rose 17% to 64.6 billion kroner, driving gains in …