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Airbus, Boeing court Air India in blockbuster plane upgrade

  Bloomberg The potential blockbuster deal of this year’s Farnborough air show still hangs in the balance, with Airbus SE growing more confident it can secure a landmark purchase of about 50 A350 wide-body jets from Air India Ltd at the event, and Boeing Co working on a deal for as many as 150 737 Max jetliners. The Indian carrier ...

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UK aiming for net-zero aviation sector by 2050

  Bloomberg The UK government said new plans to curb the aviation sector’s carbon output should mean aircraft emissions never again exceed levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic. Improvements to the existing aviation system, including a targeted 2% annual gain in fuel efficiency and steps to modernise airspace to shorten routes, should mean 2019 is remembered as the peak year ...

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UPS expands cargo services in India to seize airfreight boom

Bloomberg United Parcel Service (UPS) Inc opened a second airport cargo-handling facility in India to capture soaring pandemic-driven demand for airfreight. The 15,000-square-foot space in Bengaluru’s international airport will connect south India’s automotive, textile, defense and aerospace manufacturing hubs to parts of Asia, Europe and America, Deepak Shrivastava, managing director of UPS’s local unit, said in an interview. UPS will ...

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