Airbus production plans expose strategy rift with engine makers

A rift between Airbus (AIR.PA) and engine makers over plans for higher jet output blotted strong aerospace earnings this week, with worries… Read More »
Ferrari boss has no fears over electric future

Ferrari, the sports car maker synonymous with roaring petrol engines, welcomes the shift to electric powertrains and is confident of… Read More »
Uber and Lyft business boosted by return of riders, but driver shortage

Ride hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc promised Wall Street they would be back on the road to… Read More »
Amazon-backed Rivian in talks with ministers over UK factory

Amazon.com Inc-backed electric vehicle start-up Rivian Automotive is in talks with ministers about building a factory in the UK that… Read More »
U.S. watchdog rejects Blue Origin protest over NASA lunar contract

A U.S. government watchdog on Friday sided with NASA over its decision to pick a single lunar lander provider, rejecting… Read More »
Spirit CEO urges employees and passengers to get Covid shots

Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie told CNBC on Friday that he’s urging all passengers and employees to get Covid shots, even… Read More »
IAG airline group says summer capacity could go higher than 45%, sees Q4 up to 75%

The chief executive of British Airways-owner IAG (ICAG.L) said that capacity in the summer quarter could beat its 45% guidance, and that… Read More »
Air France-KLM narrows losses as bookings begin recovery

An easing of coronavirus travel restrictions is generating the first signs of recovery at Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA), the airline group said… Read More »
Boeing scrubs its space capsule launch and blames the Russians

Otherworldly investors will have to wait a little longer for the next dramatic step in commercial space travel: Boeing had to push back Friday’s… Read More »
New survey shows most flight attendants have dealt with unruly passengers

Verbal attacks. Seat kicking. Throwing trash at crew. Those are some of the incidents flight attendants have faced this year… Read More »
Asked on Porsche IPO, VW CEO says we have to ‘consider’ tapping markets

Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess on Thursday dodged questions about a potential initial public offering of Porsche AG, saying only that… Read More »
China’s CATL unveils sodium-ion battery, a first for a major car battery maker

China’s CATL (300750.SZ) on Thursday became the first major automotive battery maker to unveil a sodium-ion battery, saying it planned to set… Read More »
Top Airlines in the World according to air safety website

Travelers who are on the fence about flying again may want to check out a new list of the world’s… Read More »
Baidu pushes to put driverless taxis on China’s roads and plans to build 1,000 in 3 years

China — Baidu has partnered with state-owned automaker BAIC Group to build 1,000 driverless cars over the next three years and eventually… Read More »
Airbus launches A350 cargo to fix its freighter fortunes

Seeing an opening with uncertain Boeing product strategy, Airbus advances toward an A350 freighter. Possible buyers urge consideration of an… Read More »
Summer hotels and experiences in Portugal

Bookings for summer holidays to Portugal have gone “through the roof” after the country was confirmed on the quarantine-free travel… Read More »