Bloomberg A whistle-blower at Boeing Co is urging aviation regulators to add additional protections to the grounded 737 Max. Curtis Ewbank, who has previously raised concerns about the plane’s design with congressional investigators, said in comments filed with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that a proposal to mandate fixes to the jet didn’t address multiple hazards identified in the two ...

Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd pilots have agreed to further pay cuts to remain in employment, the carrier said. The city-state’s flag carrier and the Air Line Pilots Association — Singapore reached the agreement and the company will implement the measures for all remaining pilots in Singapore Airlines and SilkAir with effect from October 1. The deal will help to mitigate ...

Bloomberg Philippine Airlines Inc said it has received refund requests totaling 15.9 billion pesos ($329 million) amid the coronavirus pandemic, seeking customers’ understanding as it has only paid back 80% of that amount. The carrier owned by billionaire Lucio Tan has canceled more than 60,000 flights since March, affecting over 1.3 million passengers, it said in a statement. Asia’s oldest ...

Bloomberg After seven months as Woolworths Holdings Ltd Chief Executive Officer, Roy Bagattini can finally make plans to visit the whole organisation. The former Levi Strauss & Co Americas boss returned to South Africa to take over the Cape Town-based retailer in mid-February and only had about a month in the office before the country entered a strict lockdown to ...

Bloomberg Walmart Inc said it’s targeting zero emissions from its global operations by 2040, a small fraction of its total, in the latest climate-focussed step amid heightened calls from investors and activists to reduce carbon footprints. The world’s biggest retailer also plans to secure enough wind, solar and other renewable energy sources to power its facilities with 100% green power ...

Bloomberg China is ratcheting up the risk of military confrontation in the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing seeks to deter Taipei from continuing to deepen ties with the US and other like-minded democracies. People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft repeatedly breached the median line between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland last week, in the latest of a series of military exercises in ...

Bloomberg The Philippines’ top diplomat said the country would not follow China’s stance of keeping Western powers — including the US — out of the disputed South China Sea. The South China Sea Code of Conduct that Southeast Asian nations are crafting with Beijing won’t lead to western countries’ exclusion from the waters, Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin said on ...

Bloomberg Mali’s transition committee appointed retired army Colonel Bah N’Daw as the nation’s interim leader, a month after seizing power in a military coup. Junta leader Assimi Goita will assume the role of vice president, the National Committee for the Salvation of the People said in a statement on its Facebook page on Monday. N’Daw, a former defense minister, will ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump’s plans to name a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week offer Joe Biden the chance to galvanise newly energized Democrats, while providing the president a fresh battle in a culture war he’s waged for four years. Early reaction to Ginsburg’s death suggests Biden stands to gain more politically from the sudden vacancy, as ...

Bloomberg Thai authorities removed a plaque proclaiming Thailand “belongs to the people, not the monarchy” a day after protesters installed it during a rally that drew tens of thousands of people seeking greater democracy. The Fine Arts Department and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration removed the plaque, and the cultural heritage agency also filed a complaint against the protesters for breaking ...