Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc. expects a delayed recovery in air travel this year as the coronavirus resurgence pressures business and leisure travel, slowing the carrier’s momentum after a robust holiday season pushed its fourth-quarter results above Wall Street’s estimates. The spreading omicron variant prompted United to lower its capacity forecast for 2022 to below the 2019 level, according …

  Bloomberg Airline bosses are urging UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid to restore restriction-free international travel at least for the fully vaccinated, citing evidence that recent curbs haven’t been effective in preventing the spread of omicron. In a letter to Javid, chief executives of British Airways, Ryanair and other carriers asked for a clear protocol for managing future outbreaks “without …

  Bloomberg Standard Bank Group Ltd said 99% of its transaction volumes in South Africa are now cashless, a trend that has helped the continent’s largest lender by assets to cut costs. “It’s extraordinary,” Standard Bank’s Chief Executive Sim Tshabalala said in an interview with Bloomberg News editor-in-chief Emeritus Matthew Winkler at the Africa Business Media Innovators Conversation. “What we’ve …