Bloomberg Air Canada plans to ease its debt load and push back maturities to cut costs as the airline industry wrestles with overcapacity and weak fares. The airline intends to redeem $700 million of US dollar first- and second-lien bonds maturing in 2019 and 2020, as well as C$300 million ($233 million) of Canadian dollar bonds maturing in 2019, ...

  Bloomberg Saudi Oger Ltd., the construction company owned by Lebanon’s Hariri family, is in talks to sell half its stake in the company that operates Saudi Arabia’s Medina airport to Turkish partner TAV. The two companies have started talks on the transfer of a 16.7 percent stake in Tibah Airports Development, TAV said in an e-mailed statement. The deal ...

  AFP A Malaysia-bound AirAsia X plane which took off from Sydney ended up in Melbourne instead after the pilot entered the aircraft’s wrong longitudinal position, safety officials revealed on Wednesday. The Airbus A330-300 left Sydney en route to Kuala Lumpur on March 10 last year but air traffic controllers went on alert after it began flying in the wrong ...

  Bloomberg Christoph Mueller, previously chief executive officer at Malaysia Airlines Bhd., joins Persian Gulf carrier Emirates this month in a newly created position that will see him play a significant management role at the biggest airline by international traffic. The German, who also ran Ireland’s Aer Lingus and former Belgian flag carrier Sabena, starts on Sept. 20 as chief ...

  Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp. plans to increase daily flights from Boston by about 40 percent, including new service to Atlanta as the carrier steps up competition with Delta Air Lines Inc. In addition to the Boston-Atlanta route starting March 30, JetBlue plans to add flights in the second half of 2017 between the Georgia city and New York’s John ...

  Bloomberg Steinhoff International Holdings NV said it sees further opportunities for growth in its main markets as the acquisitive South African clothing and furniture retailer announced its latest purchase and reported a 20 percent rise in full-year profit. The company agreed to buy Tekkie Town, a South African shoe retailer with 302 stores, Steinhoff said in a report posted ...

  Bloomberg Aritzia LP, the Canadian women’s fashion retailer, aims to raise about C$300 million ($234 million) from its initial public offering, in what would be the country’s largest IPO since the C$1.83 billion sale of electric utility Hydro One Ltd. in October. Aritzia shareholders Berkshire Partners and company founder Brian Hill plan to sell 20 million subordinate voting shares ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Sustainability and construction experts have said that a new approach to traditional architecture designs, intelligent products, climate-tailored building designs, and 3D technology are optimal solutions for tackling the UAE’s cooling bill. The carbon footprint of the Emirates will be one of the core topics discussed at the upcoming Middle East Façades Summit, taking place on ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Geared by the successful Mumbai exhibition last year that raked in approximately AED 400 million into Dubai real estate and attracted almost 6000 visitors, Dubai Property Show is all set to return to the Indian metropolis this year in December. The realty expo is being organised by Sumansa Exhibitions in partnership with Dubai Land Department. ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As part of its efforts to place customers at the heart of its business, du has launched a new ‘Happy Home offer that delivers value-added deals and promises great savings. The special offers cater to new and existing customers who subscribe to du’s new Internet, TV and Home phone plans. Benefits include two months ...