Southwest Airlines Co. LUV 3.70% executives said the airline is gearing up to resume its full flying schedule on Friday, removing limits on ticket sales and rebuilding crew schedules after an operational meltdown led it to cancel thousands of flights over the past week. Executives also pledged to continue work to update technology systems that … Read more
Southwest Airlines Co. on Tuesday said it would limit new bookings on the planes it plans to fly in the coming days, and the airline came under more scrutiny from Washington for its holiday storm meltdown. Southwest canceled 2,677 flights, or 65% of its scheduled Tuesday departures, according to data from FlightAware. The airline said … Read more
SINGAPORE— Tesla Inc. suspended car production at its Shanghai plant on Saturday, extending a planned eight-day production halt at its largest worldwide plant by car output, according to people familiar with the matter. The decision to extend the work halt comes as Tesla faces a wave of Covid-19 infections among its workers and suppliers, the … Read more
Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights as a severe winter storm is expected to bring freezing temperatures, gusty winds and snow across swaths of the country in the coming days. Over 1,200 U.S. flights originally scheduled for Thursday had been canceled as of Wednesday afternoon, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking site. Airports in Denver … Read more
HONG KONG—The city’s government cut the Covid-19 quarantine period for inbound travelers to three days from seven, easing a restriction many saw as excessive but falling short of what businesses say is needed to restore the connectivity vital to its role as Asia’s leading global financial center. From Friday, travelers arriving in Hong Kong will … Read more
LONDON—A heat wave swept the U.K. on Monday, with the country set to have its hottest day on record this week—an unprecedented 104 degrees Fahrenheit—causing the government to declare a national emergency. Across the country, schools, sports facilities and summer camps shut down, train companies canceled services and health authorities prepared for a surge in calls. The … Read more
American Airlines Group and the union that represents its pilots are discussing extra pay for some pilots to compensate them for flying future flights that got dropped from their schedules because of a computer glitch, the union said Sunday. The Allied Pilots Association union said the airline’s scheduling platform mistakenly allowed pilots early Saturday morning … Read more
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new report of another child’s death after consuming Abbott Laboratories’ baby formula, the agency said Wednesday. The FDA said it learned about the death, which occurred in January, from a consumer complaint it received on June 10. The FDA said its investigation is in preliminary stages, and … Read more
Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair Holdings Inc., tore into Boeing Co. during an earnings call Monday, blasting the plane-maker’s “very poor management” and calling for a shakeup at the top. “At the moment, we think Boeing management is running around like headless chickens, not able to sell aircraft, and then even the aircraft they … Read more
By Dominic Chopping STOCKHOLM – Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson AB said on Monday that it will suspend its business in Russia indefinitely and will record a provision of 900 million Swedish kroner ($ 95.2 million) in the first quarter of 2022. At the end of February, Ericsson suspended all deliveries to customers in Russia to … Read more