India plans to order consumers to use cleaner fuels

  Bloomberg India plans to order consumers to use cleaner fuels and aims to establish a carbon market under legislation to bolster the country’s push to hit net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070. The world’s third-biggest emitter will seek to mandate the use of a minimum share of non-fossil fuel sources including biomass, ethanol, green hydrogen and ammonia, both for ...

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Apollo Global-led group to acquire Atlas Air for $3.2b

  Bloomberg An investor group led by Apollo Global Management Inc is acquiring Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc for about $3.2 billion, expanding its foray into aircraft leasing and charter flying as demand for air cargo cools from pandemic-era highs. The consortium agreed to pay $102.50 a share in cash, or about 57% more than the stock’s 30-day average price, ...

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SAS reports 32% drop in traffic due to strike

Bloomberg SAS AB reported a 32% plunge in passenger traffic last month, revealing the impact a strike had on the troubled Scandinavian airline and its customers. The total number of passengers fell to 1.3 million in July from 1.9 million a month earlier, the Stockholm-based carrier said in a statement. Capacity fell 23% in July as the 15-day strike among ...

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Lufthansa seals crew wage deal to avert more walkouts

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG and labour union Verdi sealed an agreement on a wage deal for the company’s 20,000 ground crew after a one-day strike led to a wave of cancellations. The deal includes monthly pay hikes in three stages through the end of next year, Verdi said in an emailed statement. Check-in staff will get between 13.6% and 18.4% ...

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Air Canada’s post-pandemic recovery weighs on earnings

  Bloomberg Canada’s largest airline struggled to cope with a rebound in passenger demand in the second quarter, amid labour shortages and wider airport disruptions that included baggage handling failures. Air Canada reported operating revenue of C$3.98 billion ($3.1 billion) during the three-month period, which fell short of the C$4.02 billion expected by Bloomberg’s consensus estimates. The Montreal-based company also ...

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Virgin Galactic tumbles over delay of commercial service

  Bloomberg Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc shares plunged after the space tourism company again delayed its commercial service, calling for a launch in the second quarter of 2023. The company had previously disappointed investors by pushing back the launch, once planned for the third, then fourth quarter of 2022. In May, Virgin Galactic delayed it to the first quarter of ...

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Beyond Meat slashes its sales forecast

  Bloomberg Beyond Meat Inc slashed its revenue outlook for the full year, saying that shoppers are trading down from its plant-based options to cheaper animal proteins. The shares, which have lost about 50% of their value so far this year, fell 1.1% in New York trading. The maker of plant-based burgers is in a race to increase output and ...

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Credit Suisse mulls cutting thousands of jobs globally

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG executives are discussing reducing thousands of roles globally as the struggling European lender seeks to slash its overall cost base by an additional $1 billion. The bank, which began trimming front line roles in Asia last month, is mulling an aggressive plan to reduce its headcount, which stood at 51,410 at the end of ...

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HDFC signs ‘world’s biggest’ social loan

Bloomberg India’s top mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corp. (HDFC) said it has secured the world’s biggest social loan, a $1.1 billion facility to fund affordable residences, underscoring potential for sustainability-linked financing. The loan package has been priced at a margin of 90 basis points over secured overnight financing rate. MUFG Bank Ltd. was the lead social loan coordinator and ...

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UK banks set to hike mortgage rates amid falling house prices

  Bloomberg UK lenders are expected to hike mortgage prices in quick response to the Bank of England’s decision to raise rates by the most since 1995, the latest headwind for the country’s slowing property market. “I expect we will see a raft of increases from lenders pretty speedily, often with little notice, in the coming days,” said Andrew Montlake, ...

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