In response to the delta variant of Covid-19, the US is extending its travel ban on citizens from the European Union and China. Meanwhile, it is still possible to enter the US from Indonesia, which is arguably the current global centre of the pandemic. In contrast, life seems to be orderly in most parts of China, and some European countries ...

Bloomberg The UK government is set to allow visitors from the US and the European Union to travel to England without needing to quarantine on arrival if they have been fully vaccinated. The plan will allow American visitors, along with travelers from most EU countries, to enter the UK on the same basis as Britons who have received two Covid ...

Bloomberg Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is planning on having 70 aircraft within four years for a new airline he wants to set up in India on optimism more people will travel by air. Jhunjhunwala, who is considering investing $35 million and would own 40% of the carrier, expects to get a no-objection certificate from India’s aviation ministry in the next ...

Bloomberg A bumpy recovery among global airlines has given an unexpected early boost to one corner of the market: demand for aircraft paint. It’s come roaring back as production of new jets rises and pandemic-idled old ones change operators. At Akzo Nobel NV, the world’s biggest supplier of plane coatings, sales across the product range were back to pre-pandemic levels ...

Bloomberg Air Canada boosted the size of its refinancing after taking advantage of strong demand for the biggest high-yield corporate bond in Canadian dollars and upsizing the loan portion. The aggregate loan and bond transactions will likely total $5.7 billion, up from $5.35 billion initially planned last week, according to people familiar with the matter. Canada’s biggest airline increased the ...

Bloomberg Walmart Inc is investing $1 billion over the next five years to remove all costs related to its employee college tuition program, in an effort to boost enrollment. The nation’s biggest private employer said as of August 16 the so-called Live Better U program will remove the $1 a day cost for about 1.5 million employees, who are eligible ...

Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp has yet to start New York-London service and already has been forced to trim the schedule as travel restrictions hobble demand. “We’ve all been very frustrated the corridor hasn’t opened,” Chief Executive Robin Hayes said. “There’s no reason not to open it. It’s not data driven.” The carrier will fly its once-daily route between New York’s ...

Bloomberg The latest swing of senior US officials through Asia indicates the Biden administration is taking a humbler tone in the region than the former president, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken noting that every democracy was a “work in progress.” On his first official visit to India, Blinken sought common ground with New Delhi in their disputes with ...

Bloomberg Human Rights Watch is calling on Chile to stop “summary deportations” of Venezuelan citizens, saying those measures violate due process and international law. In June, Chile expelled 53 Venezuelans, some of whom were separated from family, had appeals pending or were denied phone calls or access to lawyer, Human Rights Watch said in a statement on Wednesday. Citizens of ...

Bloomberg Pedro Castillo, a former teacher from one of Peru’s most impoverished regions, takes office as the nation’s president with promises to redistribute wealth and rewrite the constitution that are likely to put him on a collision course with the political and business establishment. Castillo’s inauguration takes place in Lima on Wednesday morning, and was to be followed by the ...