Bloomberg The extended grounding of Boeing Co’s Max plane forced Ryanair Holdings Plc to scale back growth plans for next summer, putting the airline industry on notice the crisis is starting to affect longer-term plans. With a return date for the Max still uncertain after two fatal crashes, Ryanair is likely to receive barely half of the 58 planes it ...
Read More »India considers roadshows to sell flag carrier in Aug
Bloomberg India is considering inviting expressions of interest to sell Air India Ltd by the end of next month as the government aims to complete the transaction this year, people with knowledge of the matter said. The government will conduct roadshows as well as be open to meet prospective buyers even before the expressions of interest are sought, the people ...
Read More »Key Asia-Europe route resumed after 5 months as Pakistan opens airspace
Bloomberg A key airline route between Europe and Asia re-opened on Tuesday, almost five months after Pakistan shut its airspace in the wake of military escalations with India. Pakistan closed its entire airspace in February after the Indian Air Force said it struck what it described as a terror camp — an allegation Pakistan denies — inside the boundaries of ...
Read More »Philippine Air owner set to be interim chief
Bloomberg Billionaire Lucio Tan will be the interim president of his Philippine Airlines Inc after the retirement of its long-time head. Tan will serve as president immediately, according to his daughter Vivienne Tan, in an emailed reply to Bloomberg News’ request for confirmation that the tycoon who’s been the airline’s chairman will serve on a concurrent capacity. Vivienne, executive vice ...
Read More »PT Garuda Indonesia tells travellers no photos, video
Bloomberg Airlines have for years been embarrassed by photographs and videos taken by disgruntled passengers with smartphones and posted on social media. Indonesia’s national carrier is fighting back. PT Garuda Indonesia issued a directive asking passengers not to take snaps or record footage inside the cabin. Days earlier, a business-class customer’s video blog had shown Garuda flight crew handing out ...
Read More »Prime Day 2019 opens doors for stolen packages from stoops
Bloomberg Amazon’s Prime Day gives shoppers an opportunity to flex their deal-spotting muscles ahead of Black Friday. It also gives package thieves their own chance to warm up. Although the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas see far more parcel deliveries—and therefore, more brazen from-the-stoop thefts, Prime Day’s limited 48-hour window creates a concentrated opening for “porch pirates†to make their ...
Read More »JPMorgan lending outlook suffers from Fed’s reversal
Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co was hit by the Federal Reserve’s about-face on interest rates in the second quarter, warning that lending income will fall in the second half. The largest US bank cut its full-year outlook for net interest income — revenue from customers’ loan payments minus what the bank pays depositors — by $500 million. NII accounted for ...
Read More »Libra not to launch until US regulators satisfied
Bloomberg Facebook Inc won’t launch Libra, the controversial cryptocurrency it’s planning to build with dozens of partner firms, until regulators’ concerns are fully addressed, according to the company’s top executive on the project. David Marcus, who will appear before members of both houses of US Congress to discuss the project this week, said Facebook will also get ‘appropriate approvals’ before ...
Read More »Wells Fargo’s net interest income lowest since 2016
Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co is already feeling the sting of falling rates. Net interest income (NII), the difference between what the bank charges borrowers and what it pays depositors, fell to the lowest since 2016. That brought the net interest margin to a lower-than-expected 2.82 percent. Declining interest rates and a potential Federal Reserve cut have fuelled concern across ...
Read More »Schwab in talks to buy USAA units
Bloomberg Charles Schwab Corp appears to be making a play to grab more advisory clients as fees fall for asset management and trading. The San Francisco-based brokerage firm is in talks to buy USAA’s brokerage and wealth-management operations for roughly $2 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. The deal may be reached this month, the newspaper said, citing people familiar ...
Read More »