Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co said it was “hopeful” of returning to profitability in the third and fourth quarters, amid concerns over the financial impact of a coronavirus variant and a recent rash of flight delays. The potential for an adjusted profit excludes any benefit from billions of dollars in airline aid provided by the US government, Southwest said as it …

Bloomberg Airbus SE is the favourite to win a multi-billion tender for a new aircraft fleet for the successor of Italy’s bankrupt Alitalia SpA, Corriere della Sera reported. Executives at Italia Trasporto Aereo SpA, known as ITA, have still not taken a final decision and are also talking to Boeing Co, Corriere said, citing three industry sources with knowledge of …

Bloomberg A US safety regulator’s decision to sue Amazon.com Inc could bring clarity to a question that has long befuddled courts and state legislatures nationwide: Who is responsible when a product bought from the world’s largest online retailer hurts or kills someone? In recent years, dozens of people who say they were harmed by products, such as exploding hoverboards, defective …