September, 2020

• 21 September

  Amazon’s old planes make green pledge hard to keep

  

  Bloomberg While flight shaming and the coronavirus pandemic have spurred airlines to hasten the retirement of their oldest, fuel-guzzling aircraft, not all those planes end up in boneyards in the desert. Many find a second life in the fleets of Amazon.com Inc and other cargo carriers. Amazon has been among the biggest lessors of converted Boeing Co 767s in the ...

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• 21 September

  Whistle-blower says 737 Max fixes are not enough

  

  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 ...

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• 21 September

  Singapore Air pilots agree to deeper pay cuts to save jobs

  

  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 ...

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• 21 September

  Philippine Air pays 80% of $329m refund requests

  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 ...

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• 21 September

  Woolworths CEO plans to make up lost pandemic time

  

  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 ...

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• 21 September

  Walmart aims to end emissions by 2040

  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 ...

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• 21 September

  China’s rejection of Taiwan buffer zone ups risk of clash

  

  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 ...

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• 21 September

  Philippines not to follow China over disputed sea row

  

  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 ...

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• 21 September

  Mali names Bah N’Daw as its interim leader

  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 ...

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• 21 September

  Top court fight galvanises final sprint of Trump-Biden race

  

  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 ...

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