November, 2021

• 17 November

  Saudia weighs bumper plane order to hit 250-strong fleet

  

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabian Airlines is contemplating an aircraft order from Airbus SE or Boeing Co that could total well above 100 jets as part of a push to lure more tourists. The carrier is targeting a fleet of 250 aircraft by 2030, adding around 100 for growth while renewing a significant chunk of an existing 150-plane fleet, Chief Executive Officer ...

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• 17 November

  Singapore Air to bring 737 Max back into service soon

  

  Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd will start flying freshly fitted Boeing Co 737 Max jets to countries including Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand in the coming weeks, the company said on Tuesday. The carrier is absorbing six of the 154-seat narrow-body planes into its fleet with the integration of its SilkAir unit. Another is expected to enter service before March, and then ...

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• 17 November

  Hong Kong to consider stricter flight crew curbs if necessary

  

  Bloomberg Hong Kong will consider imposing tighter restrictions on aircrew, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said, as the city prioritises its Covid-Zero policy in a bid to reopen the border with mainland China. Hong Kong flight crew already face some of the most onerous restrictions in the world, with Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd just saying any crew members who stayed in ...

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• 17 November

  Daily Harvest reaches unicorn status with $1.1b valuation

  

  Bloomberg Daily Harvest, a company that specialises in frozen-food products, including ready-to-blend smoothies, is valued at $1.1 billion after its latest round of funding, said founder and Chief Executive Officer Rachel Drori. The New York-based startup reached so-called unicorn status by raising $77 million in an equity-funding round led by Lone Pine Capital LLC that included participation from Lightspeed Venture ...

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• 17 November

  Blazy is Bottega Veneta’s new creative head

  Bloomberg Kering SA named Matthieu Blazy to be the new creative director of Bottega Veneta, the Italian brand known for its woven leather bags. Blazy will assume the role immediately, Kering said in the statement. He previously had taken over as ready-to-wear design director for Bottega Veneta last year, and is scheduled to present his first collection for the brand ...

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• 17 November

  Biden charts path forward with Xi as Taiwan tensions simmer

  

  Bloomberg With expectations low heading into the first face-to-face summit between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, they appeared to accomplish as much as politically possible: An agreement to keep on talking, without letting tensions over Taiwan and other disputes derail the US-China relationship. The virtual meeting lasted longer than expected, running for more than three hours as the leaders covered ...

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• 17 November

  China urges Germany’s next leader to build on Angela Merkel’s legacy

  

  Bloomberg China urged Germany’s next government to continue outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s legacy to ensure the two countries work closely together, as prospective coalition partners in Berlin favor a tougher line towards the Asian giant. Zhang Ming, China’s ambassador to the European Union (EU), noted during a European Policy Center event on Tuesday that next year will mark the 50th ...

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• 17 November

  Explosions in Ugandan capital leave one dead

  Bloomberg At least one person died when two explosions hit the Ugandan capital, the fourth blast in Kampala in the past month. The blasts occurred outside an office of insurer Jubilee Holdings Ltd and near the city’s central police station, the Daily Monitor reported, citing eyewitnesses. Images posted on the newspaper’s Twitter handle showed cars on fire outside the Jubilee ...

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• 17 November

  Belarus border crisis turns violent as leader speaks of détente

  

  Bloomberg Poland used water cannon and tear gas to stop Belarus-backed migrants from crossing the European Union’s eastern frontier a day after the bloc approved new tools to punish those escalating the crisis. Under the threat of new sanctions and facing accusations of mounting a “hybrid attack” on the EU by ushering travellers to the border, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ...

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• 17 November

  Johnson: It’d be ‘legitimate’ to scrap part of Brexit deal

  

  Bloomberg Boris Johnson said it would be “perfectly legitimate” for the UK to suspend part of the Brexit deal with the European Union (EU), though his government still wants to negotiate a solution to their escalating trade spat. The UK is demanding a major overhaul of the divorce agreement it signed with the bloc, arguing that its implementation is causing ...

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