Brazilian authorities are likely to authorize restoring daytime conserving time after it was eliminated five years ago, numerous sources acquainted with the matter said on Thursday, as the nation faces a significant dry spell that has been affecting its power generation efforts. A prolonged drought has actually forced a policy shift toward using more costly thermoelectric plants and energy imports, which is boosting power costs. In spite of the development of wind and solar energy in Latin America's largest economy in recent years, majority of Brazil's power supply still originates from hydroelectric plants. The dry spell has actually impacted a...

Europe's air travel regulator on Thursday linked a recent engine fire on a Cathay Pacific Plane A350 to a possible problem with the maintenance of its RollsRoyce engines. The European Union Aviation Security Agency (EASA) previously this month bought airlines to carry out visual examinations on Rolls-Royce XWB-97 engines after the occurrence including a. Zurich-bound Plane A350-1000 on Sept 2. In-service and in-shop examinations since then have. determined that a particular cleaning process available during. engine repair may lead to sustain manifold primary fuel hose pipe. degradation, the company stated in a declaration. The statement came after Hong Kong detectives....

Lebanese authorities on Thursday prohibited walkietalkies and pagers from being handled flights from Beirut airport, the National News Agency reported, after thousands of such devices exploded throughout a fatal attack on Hezbollah this week. The Lebanese civilian aviation directorate asked airlines running from Beirut to inform guests that walkie-talkies and pagers were prohibited until more notification. Such gadgets were likewise banned from being shipped by air, the Lebanese state news agency reported. A minimum of 37 people were killed and more than 3,000 injured when pagers and walkie-talkies utilized by Hezbollah members blew up in 2 waves of attacks on...

A probe by Hong Kong's air travel mishap examination company exposed Cathay Pacific's. Airplane A350 engine stopped working inflight due to a. damaged fuel hose which also revealed indications of a fire, the. firm's report stated on Thursday. Hong Kong's Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA). found a burst fuel hose pipe in the second engine of the Cathay. Pacific-operated A350 jet, with five extra secondary fuel. hoses likewise showing signs of wear and tear. Paired with other contributing elements, such as the. existence of oxygen and an ignition (heat) source, this could. lead to a fire that could spread to...

The following are the top stories on the New york city Times organization pages. Reuters has not confirmed these stories and does not guarantee their accuracy. - Boeing will begin furloughing 10s of countless staff members in the coming days as it looks for to blunt the impacts of a strike involving its largest union. - Iranian hackers looking for to influence the 2024 election sent excerpts from pilfered Trump project files to people connected with President Biden's re-election campaign this summer, but the recipients did not respond, police officials stated. - A consumer-protection suit submitted by Environmental Working Group...

An initiative launched last year at the United Nations Climate Summit states that a lack of demand for green products has slowed down investment in low-carbon projects, such as those in industries with high emissions, like aluminium, cement and steel. The Industrial Transition Accelerator said that over 450 large industrial projects around the world are looking for hundreds of billions in investment to reduce carbon emissions. The ITA was established at the COP28 Summit in Dubai in order to stimulate investment in green projects. According to the ITA, the six heavy industries examined in the report – aluminium, cement and...

The following are the top stories on business pages of British papers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times - Legal & & General has actually consented to sell Cala Residences to American private equity firm Sixth Street Partners and London-based buyout house Patron Capital for 1.16 billion pounds ($ 1.53 billion) in money. - Nick Read will step down as chief executive of the Post Workplace next year after a five-year stint. The Guardian - Veteran seller Stuart Rose will organize running Asda as the struggling supermarket's co-owner Mohsin Issa steps...

New Zealand's competition watchdog will take Qantas' lowcost arm Jetstar to court alleging the airline company deceived consumers about their rights to payment over postponed and cancelled flights, the regulator stated. Jetstar likely discouraged consumers from seeking compensation, and possibly denied claims for flights which were delayed or cancelled for reasons within the carrier's control, the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) stated on Wednesday. The regulator believes the airline made deceptive statements to customers about their rights under air travel law in 2022 and 2023, and will file charges at the Auckland District Court shortly, NZCC included. Jetstar said it...

China Advancement Bank Financial Leasing said its aircraft renting system would purchase 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets, in an increase to the planemaker that has been grappling with a slowdown in Chinese orders and a. strike by factory workers. Publicly disclosed Boeing aircraft purchases by Chinese. consumers had slowed significantly because Sino-U.S. trade. relations weakened in 2018 and the maker handled a. lengthy return to service for limit in China after two fatal. crashes. The order for 50 MAX jets is the biggest by a Chinese. customer considering that China Southern Airlines ordered the. same variety of MAX airplanes...

Boeing said on Wednesday the planemaker will momentarily furlough tens of countless staff members after about 30,000 machinists went on strike on Friday, stopping production of its 737 MAX and other aircrafts. We are initiating short-term furloughs over the coming days that will affect a great deal of USbased executives, managers and staff members, CEO Kelly Ortberg stated in an email to employees. We. are planning for selected employees to take one week of furlough. every four weeks on a rolling basis throughout of the. strike. A Boeing spokesperson stated the furloughs will affect 10s of. thousands of workers. Ortberg...

Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci said the airline has seen significant enhancement at bothered planemaker Boeing in current months after a door plug missing secret bolts blew off among the provider's brand-new 737 MAX 9 jets at 16,000 feet in January. We saw a great deal of substantial enhancement in the last couple of months, Minicucci said in an interview, including that he spoke just recently to brand-new Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and applauded him as a skilled aerospace veteran who has actually recognized the problems at Boeing that require to be fixed. Minicucci added Boeing still has more to...

Alaska Airlines stated on Wednesday it had actually completed its $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines after reaching an agreement with the U.S. Department of Transport. The airline companies on Tuesday agreed to keep crucial Hawaiian routes and adopt customer securities under an arrangement that will last six years. The Justice Department in August selected not to obstruct the offer that was announced in December by Alaska, the fifth-largest domestic U.S. airline company, to combine with Hawaiian, the 10th-largest provider. Alaska CEO Ben Minicucci stated in an interview that the offer would be good for competition and consumers and would...