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Democrats are flunking Covid pandemic 101

  Congress still hasn’t approved supplemental funding for Covid-19 vaccines, booster shots, treatments, tests and scientific work in a bill it’s been sitting on for months. Democrats have the tools to make it happen, but they aren’t using them. Republicans are filibustering against the bill in the Senate, holding the spending hostage in an attempt to get their way on ...

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Boeing downplays its 777X jet cancellation risk despite delay

  Bloomberg Boeing Co said customers for its much delayed 777X jet are standing by orders for the wide-body model even after it was revealed that the program has slipped five years behind schedule. While Boeing has held talks to update buyers, feedback so far has stopped short of moves to walk away from the 777X, Darren Hulst, the manufacturer’s ...

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To fund 14 new jets, Flynas agrees on sale-leasebacks

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabian discount airline Flynas agreed so-called sale-leaseback deals that will fund the purchase of 14 Airbus SE narrow-body jets. The accords with leasing firms CDB Aviation, CMB Financial Leasing and Avolon Holdings Ltd cover part of a Flynas order for 120 Airbus A320neo aircraft, the carrier said in a statement. It said the planes have a value ...

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