Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc intends to pump more capacity into European markets in the coming months, keeping ticket prices low so it can overpower weaker rivals as travel rebounds in Europe. The region’s biggest low-cost carrier said that it expects to post a profit this quarter, even as it prioritises filling planes until demand fully rebounds. The summer high season ...

Bloomberg South Africa’s Mango Airlines will enter a local form of bankruptcy protection, according to the head of its parent, South African Airways (SAA). There’s agreement between shareholders and the board on the matter, and Mango is consulting with labour groups, SAA interim Chief Executive Officer Thomas Kgokolo told eNCA television. Mango employees were seeking to force the low-cost carrier ...

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc and Southwest Airlines Co are carrying extra jet fuel on some flights and considering adding stops to other routes to pick up fuel as snarls in US trucking and supply chains delay deliveries to small and mid-sized airports across the country. The delays are expected to continue through mid-August, American told its pilots in a ...

Bloomberg Sales of Louis Vuitton handbags and the easing of lockdowns across the world helped revenue soar at luxury fashion house LVMH. In a stellar quarter for the owner of some of the world’s best-known brands, like-for-like sales rose 84% in the three months through June, ahead of analyst expectations. Much of the gain was fuelled by “remarkable” demand for ...

Bloomberg Major airports in Europe are asking investors for a break from debt obligations for the second time since the height of the coronavirus pandemic. London Heathrow Airport, the UK’s busiest hub, said it secured support for a new round of waivers on covenants applying to $1.6 billion of bonds after some of the terms agreed last year expired. Holders ...

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG is pushing deeper into China with plans to extend underwriting of initial public offerings (IPOs) even as markets are roiled by Beijing’s crackdown on the booming financial technology and private education industries. The Swiss lender plans to sponsor initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Nasdaq-like Star Market Board in Shanghai, Tim Tu, head of the ...

Bloomberg Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) raised C$1.75 billion ($1.39 billion) in its inaugural sale of limited recourse capital notes (LRCNs), taking advantage of the fast growing market for the Canadian dollar-denominated hybrid securities first sold one year ago. Toronto-Dominion, Canada’s largest bank by assets, priced the transaction at the tight end of guidance after drawing orders covering the offering by more ...

Bloomberg Hungary is set to deliver a second interest-rate increase in as many months to combat the European Union’s fastest inflation, though economists disagree on the size of the move. The eastern European country and the nearby Czech Republic both tightened monetary policy in June as a rally in global commodities and the easing of lockdowns pushed consumer prices sharply ...

Bloomberg South Korea’s central bank remains confident of the country’s robust recovery from the pandemic slump and looks largely on track to raise interest rates this year after economic growth cooled more than expected last quarter. Asia’s fourth-largest economy grew 0.7% during the three months to June from the previous quarter, the Bank of Korea said on Tuesday, below economists’ ...

Bloomberg ICICI Bank Ltd posted a 78% jump in profit in the first quarter, helped by strong net interest earnings and lower bad loan buffers amid the recent deadly coronavirus wave. Net income at India’s second-largest private lender stood at 46.16 billion rupees ($620 million) in the three months to June, compared with 25.99 billion rupees a year ago, according ...