September, 2021

• 26 September

  Energy crisis puts world’s most ambitious climate plan to test

  

  Bloomberg The record spike in energy prices could hardly have come at a worse time for Europe’s ambitious new climate plan, with politicians just beginning to talk about how they’re going to implement the world’s most sweeping emissions-cutting strategy. The energy crisis is threatening double-digit increases in consumer electricity bills months before the winter freeze and it’s also squeezing industrial …

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• 26 September

  British Airways drops Gatwick plan, escalating union standoff

  

  Bloomberg British Airways (BA) dropped plans to set up a new, lower-cost unit at London Gatwick airport, setting up a high-stakes showdown with its pilots union, which balked at new contract terms. The airline has insisted on setting up a separate division for the short-haul business even though it would remain branded as BA, the flagship of the IAG SA …

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• 26 September

  ‘Chinese airlines may buy 8,700 new jets by 2040’

  

  Bloomberg Boeing Co expects Chinese airlines will need 8,700 new aircraft for a total of $1.47 trillion by 2040, doubling the country’s commercial fleet size as air travel booms. China’s demand for wide-body aircraft is likely to account for 20% of global deliveries, according to the US manufacturer’s Commercial Market Outlook. China’s civil aviation industry will also need more than …

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• 26 September

  Airbus’s production ramp-up ‘curbed’ by supply-chain woes

  

  Bloomberg Airbus SE’s push to quickly scale up production as air travel recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic is testing suppliers that have struggled to hire enough workers and secure raw materials. Back in May, the European planemaker said it would increase output of its best-selling A320 family of aircraft to 45 per month by the fourth quarter of 2021, rising …

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• 26 September

  United fined $1.9m for tarmac delays

  

  Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc must pay $1.9 million in fines for stranding passengers on the tarmac for extended periods of time, the government announced. United kept onboard more than 3,200 passengers on 20 domestic flights and five international flights from 2015 through last February for at least three hours, the Department of Transportation said in a release. The department …

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• 26 September

  Nordic Aviation creditors all set to take stake in jet lessor

  Bloomberg Creditors of Nordic Aviation Capital AS are one step closer to taking control of the company, one of the world’s largest aircraft lessors. Nordic Aviation and its biggest creditor groups have reached an agreement on the outline terms of the company’s restructuring framework, according to a statement. The deal, in principle, includes the conversion of “a substantial amount of …

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• 26 September

  Nike call shows how complicated logistics have become

  

  Bloomberg After spending a few minutes talking about triumphs at the Olympics, buzzy sneaker drops and a headquarters tour with LeBron James, Nike Inc executives spent much of the rest of their quarterly earnings call addressing something much less glamorous: logistics. “We are not immune to the global supply-chain headwinds that are challenging the manufacture and movement of products around …

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• 26 September

  Facebook spent $13 billion on safety, security

  

  Bloomberg Facebook Inc said it has spent more than $13 billion on safety and security efforts since the 2016 US election, and now has 40,000 employees working on those issues. The 40,000 safety and security workers include outside contractors who focus on content moderation, a spokesman said. Facebook said it had over 35,000 safety and security employees in October 2019. …

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• 26 September

  Ford, Redwood to partner on recycling EV battery materials

  

  Bloomberg Redwood Materials Inc, the startup founded by Tesla alum J.B. Straubel, has formed a partnership with Ford Motor Co to recycle and reuse key ingredients within the lithium-ion batteries that will power the automaker’s burgeoning fleet of electric vehicles. The goal of the partnership is to create a closed loop for EV battery production within the US. Ford will …

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• 26 September

  Mercedes-Benz plans $8.2bn European battery venture

  

  Bloomberg Daimler AG will team up with Stellantis NV and TotalEnergies SE to boost the scale of their European battery venture to more than 7 billion euros ($8.2 billion) and secure supplies for electric Mercedes-Benz cars. The world’s biggest luxury-car maker will take a 33% stake in battery manufacturer Automotive Cells Company, whose projects will be financed through equity, debt …

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