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Bloomberg Italy’s new state-backed airline, Italia Trasporto Aereo SpA, will seek to buy the Alitalia name in time for its start of service in mid-October, according to people familiar with the matter. A market-price auction of the brand was outlined in a decision released by the European Commission. It’s one of the measures required in order to consider ITA a ...

Bloomberg Japan Airlines Co plans to raise about 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) via subordinated bonds and loans to shore up its capital in case the coronavirus pandemic hurts travel demand longer than it expects. The Tokyo-based carrier said it secured around 200 billion yen in loans from four Japanese banks and plans to sell 100 billion yen of bonds. ...

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc will hold on to more of its record $21 billion in cash amid continued uncertainty over the industry’s recovery from a pandemic-driven slump. The carrier previously said it would bring liquidity down to between $10 billion and $12 billion at some point next year, with anything above that level being used to pay off debt. ...

Bloomberg A surge in coronavirus infections is delaying, but not derailing, the recovery at several US carriers, including United Airlines Holdings Inc and Southwest Airlines Co. Most major carriers said customer bookings have slowed in recent weeks, signalling through regulatory filings and comments at an industry conference that the path out of the Covid-19 era remains bumpy. Even so, several ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc is forcing investors who aren’t European Union citizens to sell any shares purchased after January 1, in a reminder of the lingering constraints on investors tied to the Brexit split. Non-EU citizens have been barred from buying stock in the Irish discount airline since the UK left the bloc at the start of the year. When ...

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd has decided to close its pilot base in London, saying many of its staff there haven’t had any flying duties since April 2020 because of the impact of the pandemic. The airline didn’t disclose how many pilots would be affected, but said in a statement they are being offered the option of relocating to Hong ...

Bloomberg Anne Hidalgo, the Socialist mayor of Paris, became the latest politician to announce she intends to challenge Emmanuel Macron in April’s presidential election. “I have decided to be a candidate for the presidency of the French republic,” she said on Sunday in Rouen, north of Paris. “I am ready.” Hidalgo, 62, must first win the formal support of her ...

Bloomberg The US and the Philippines will resume defense projects after the Southeast Asian nation agreed to keep a military pact that President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to scrap, allowing both sides to boost longstanding alliance in the region. Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana met with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin in Washington on where the two sides reaffirmed their commitment ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam hinted at a government restructuring before the end of her term to establish new bureaus coordinating land use and cultural policies, the South China Morning Post reported. Speaking at a public consultation session, Lam said it’s time to think about reforms “drastically” and that there’s consensus for bureaus to enhance land and housing ...

Bloomberg The UK will abandon plans to call for proof of vaccination to enter certain venues, and may soon drop mandatory testing for returning travelers as part of a further easing of coronavirus restrictions to be announced this week, even as cases remain high. Health Minister Sajid Javid spoke ahead of steps expected to be announced by Prime Minister Boris ...