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India and China discussed early resumption of direct passenger flights in between their 2 nations, India's Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu stated on Thursday, in a sign that their air travel might recover after 4 years. Reuters reported in June that China was pushing India to reboot direct traveler flights, however New Delhi was resisting as a border stand-off continues to weigh on ties between the Asian competitors. Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours, who share a mostly undemarcated Himalayan border, have actually been strained given that a military clash on their Himalayan frontier in 2020 killed 20 Indian...

The following are the top stories on the New York Times service pages. Reuters has actually not confirmed these stories and does not vouch for their precision. - Delta Air Lines stated the wing of among its aircrafts struck a regional jet while taxiing cab for departure at Atlanta airport, damaging both aircraft. - Volkswagen stated it was ditching a variety of labour contracts including an assurance of jobs up until 2029 at six German plants, raising the possibility of redundancies from next year that worker agents have actually promised to resist. - Southwest Airlines announced an overhaul of its...

Reports of Iranian weapons transfers to Russia are ugly propaganda to hide Western military assistance to Israel, Iran's foreign ministry stated on Tuesday, after Western powers said they would enforce brand-new sanctions on Tehran over the problem. The publication of incorrect and deceptive reports about the transfer of Iranian weapons to some countries is just an awful propaganda to conceal the big prohibited arms assistance of the United States and some Western nations for the genocide in Gaza, foreign ministry representative Nasser Kanaani said in a. post on X, without mentioning the new sanctions. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken...

The wing of a Delta Air Lines plane struck a regional jet while cabbing for departure at the Atlanta airport on Tuesday, harming both airplanes, the airline and a federal agency stated. The accident led to extreme damage to the tail of the much smaller sized local jet. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board both stated they will investigate the event that occurred at the intersection of 2 taxiways around 10:10 a.m. EDT. The airline company stated the wing of a Delta Airplane A350 that was set to depart for Tokyo-Haneda struck the tail of an Undertaking...

Delta Air Lines stated Tuesday the wing of among its planes struck a local jet while taxiing cab for departure at Atlanta airport, harming both aircraft. The Federal Air travel Administration stated it will investigate the event that occurred at the crossway of two taxiways around 10:10 a.m. ET. The airline company stated the wing of a Delta Plane A350 that was set to leave for Tokyo-Haneda struck the tail of an Undertaking Air CRJ-900 that was set up to department for LaFayette, Louisiana, resulting in damage to the tail of the local jet and the wing of the A350....

India's SpiceJet said on Tuesday that Carlyle Group's commercial air travel financial investment and servicing system will cross out $40.2. million of the airline's lease arrears and convert $30 million. of its arrears into equity. The conversion, at 100 rupees ($ 1.19) per share of SpiceJet,. is a 56% premium to its close on Monday. The budget carrier's shares leapt as much as 6% after the. announcement. The write-off comes days after the airline company stated it will. convert charges to Carlyle Aviation into equity and debentures. The. airline has been having a hard time to completely bring back operations...

A flight run by Indian Vistara Airlines made an emergency landing on Friday around 4.30 p.m. (1330 GMT) in Erzurum in eastern Turkey after a piece of paper with bomb on board composed on it was discovered in a. bathroom, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya stated on X. Two bomb disposal experts and one search dog were continuing. to search the airplane, Yerlikaya stated, adding that 234. guests and 13 crew had been safely evacuated. Vistara flight UK 27 operating from Mumbai to Frankfurt has. been diverted to Turkey due to a security issue that was noted. by our crew...

India's SpiceJet on Friday stated it will convert about $97 million of its dues to the business air travel investment and servicing arm of Carlyle Group into equity and debentures. The restructuring plan comes as the budget plan airline company has had a hard time to fully restore operations despite numerous fundraises over the in 2015. Late last month, the country's air travel watchdog placed SpiceJet under improved security after a recent audit exposed certain shortages. The provider on Friday stated it entered into a contract with Carlyle Air travel Management to restructure particular airplane lease obligations of about $137.68...

The small traveler airplane involved in a crash that eliminated 18 people in Nepal in July was carrying a load and travelling at a speed that did not match guidelines at the time of the accident, a governmentled investigation team said in a preliminary report on Friday. The airplane owned by Nepal's Saurya Airlines crashed soon after removing from the capital Kathmandu on July 24, eliminating all 17 travelers and the co-pilot, with just the captain enduring. The report stated the airline had actually not complied with the load. weighing, packing and securing of load requirements and that. the aircraft...

A number of airline companies are performing preventive evaluations on their Airplane A350 fleets after Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific found 15 aircrafts that needed fuel line repair work following the inflight failure of an engine part. The issue occurred on a five-year-old Plane A350-1000, which uses Rolls-Royce's Trent XWB-97 engines, however some carriers are also checking the more popular A350-900 airplane which use a different engine model. The European Union Air Travel Security Agency (EASA) on Thursday provided airlines between 3 and thirty days to perform visual checks and measurements on the fuel houses in A350-1000 engines. The A350-900 is...

Japan Airlines does not anticipate flight cancellations or delays as a result of assessments purchased by Europe's air safety regulator on engines of Jet A3501000 jets, it said on Friday. The European Union Aviation Safety Company (EASA) stated on Thursday Trent XWB-97 engines made by Rolls-Royce needs to be checked after an engine fire during the flight of a Cathay Pacific jetliner. Rolls-Royce said it was positive in our capability to deliver on the examination routine. Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific cancelled a variety of flights this week while it checked and fixed A350 engines after a. Zurich-bound jet was required...

Polish prosecutors have enough evidence to charge 3 Belarusian residents over the required landing in Minsk in 2021 of a civilian airliner bring an opposition reporter, who was then jailed, Polish authorities said on Friday. In what some EU leaders at the time called a hijacking, the Ryanair flight from Athens to Lithuania was diverted to the capital of Belarus accompanied by a MiG-29 fighter jet. On landing, dissident Belarusian reporter Roman Protasevich and his Russian girlfriend Sofia Sapega were apprehended. The plane was signed up in Poland. In a declaration, Polish district attorneys stated they had chosen to bring...

Blackstone will buy Australian data centre group AirTrunk for an implied enterprise value of over A$ 24 billion ($ 16.10 billion), it said on Wednesday, in what would be Blackstone's biggest financial investment in the Asia Pacific area. The alternative possession supervisor, along with the Canada Pension Strategy Financial Investment Board, is obtaining AirTrunk from Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and the general public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP). The deal requires approval from the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB), offered the property is being bought by overseas parties. At $16.1 billion, the deal is the biggest buyout in Australia...

A consortium led by Blackstone is nearing an offer to get Australian data centre group AirTrunk for A$ 20 billion ($ 13.53 billion) consisting of debt, a. individual with knowledge of the circumstance said on Monday. Blackstone and its partner, the Canada Pension Plan. Investment Board (CPPIB), became the preferred purchaser for. AirTrunk, after outbidding a rival financier group, the person. stated, declining to be named as the info was private. The offer might be announced in the coming days, the person. said. Bloomberg initially reported the news on Monday, adding that. AirTrunk owners Macquarie Group and Canada's Public. Sector...

2 bidding groups led by Blackstone and IFM Investors lodged final deals on Tuesday to purchase Australian data centre group AirTrunk in a transaction worth about A$ 20 billion ($ 13.55 billion), according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. Binding bids were due on Tuesday and AirTrunk, along with its advisors Macquarie and Goldman Sachs, is now taking a look at the offers, the sources stated. There is no deadline for choosing a. winning bid, among the sources added. Blackstone quote for AirTrunk along with consortium partner the. Canada Pension Investment Board (CPPIB), one source stated. The...

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is opposed to a proposal by Chemaf SA to sell its copper and cobalt mines in the country to China's. Norin Mining, according to a document seen . Chemaf, a veteran partner of products trader Trafigura,. said in June it had actually consented to offer its mines in Congo to the. unit of Chinese state-backed defence and industrial giant, China. North Industries Corp (Norinco). Chemaf put itself up for sale in 2015 due to a cash crunch. that was stalling the expansion of its Etoile and Mutoshi. projects in Congo as cobalt...

The following are the top stories on the New York Times organization pages. Reuters has not confirmed these stories and does not attest their accuracy. - The U.S. Department of Justice has actually begun a broad crook investigation into Americans who have worked with Russia's state television networks, indicating an aggressive effort to combat the Kremlin's influence operations leading up to the governmental election in November. - Nearly all rail freight traffic in Canada concerned a. standstill Thursday following a lockout by the nation's two. primary rail business of 10,000 employees, Canadian National. Train and Canadian Pacific Kansas city, the....

Four sources with knowledge of the situation said that sellers who hoped to sell battery metal lead at the Shanghai Futures Exchange were forced to look for supplies overseas or to roll forward contracts after a change in specifications. ShFE declined comment. Shanghai's lead stocks are tightened despite the fact that the global market for lead is well-supplied. This is because the ShFE, in response to the stricter emission regulations in China battery makers, lowered in April the amount of bismuth allowed in lead. China became a net consumer of lead in July after being an exporter for years. The...

Siemens has actually picked Toyota's Vanderlande as a purchaser for its airport logistics unit Siemens Logistics, 3 people knowledgeable about the bidding procedure told Reuters on Thursday. The precise terms are being negotiated and the deal is still pending Siemens' supervisory board approval, two of the sources stated. Both Siemens and Vanderlande decreased to comment on the matter. Vanderlande, owned by Japan's Toyota Industries since 2017, is a Dutch manufacturer of baggage conveyor belts and parcel-sorting systems used in more than 600 airports around the world. It employs 9,000 individuals and makes 2.2 billion euros ($ 2.45 billion) in annual...

The following are the top stories on the New York Times organization pages. Reuters has actually not confirmed these stories and does not vouch for their precision. - Rail freight traffic in Canada came to a standstill early Thursday as the country's two main rail business, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, locked out about 10,000 employees due to a labor disagreement, a move that could trigger supply chain disturbances in the United States and serious economic repercussions within Canada. - Ford Motor said on Wednesday that it is once again slowing the rate of its investments on brand-new...

Etihad Rail, the designer and operator of the United Arab Emirates' rail network, has actually introduced a sustainable financing framework to support its green financial investments in transportation and infrastructure, it said on Wednesday. The business said the structure would connect future funding to its ecological, social and governance method, supplying standards on potential investments in areas such as clean transport, green structures and pollution avoidance and control. Etihad Rail's statement, which gave no more details on prospective investments, said that the framework offers guidelines around green loan and bond concepts, using proceeds, job assessment and selection, along with proceeds...

The share of available aluminium stocks of Russian origin in warehouses authorized by the London Metal Exchange increased to 65% in July from 50% in June while the share for Indian origin was up to 33% from 40%, LME information revealed on Monday. On-warrant aluminium stocks in LME-registered storage facilities of all origins fell by 23% in July, with Monday's. information showing that most of that outflow was Indian metal. Russian aluminium stocks on LME warrant - a title document. conferring ownership - edged as much as 233,775 metric lots last. month from 232,350 in June, the information showed. Stocks...

International Distributions Services , the moms and dad company of Royal Mail, announced on Monday that its parcel services service, GLS, will offer its U.S. freight divisions to Californiabased DC Logistics. The sale is part of GLS' method to focus on its core parcel services at a time the parent firm has consented to a. 3.57-billion-pound ($ 4.56 billion) takeover by Czech billionaire. Daniel Kretinsky, following challenges such as labour strikes,. tough competition and loss of market share. GLS Group is divesting the GLS United States Freight and GLS United States. Business Solutions Inc. divisions to DC Logistics, a company....

Attacks on vessels in the Red Sea by Iranaligned Houthi militants have disrupted a shipping path vital to eastwest trade, with extended rerouting of shipments pushing freight rates higher and triggering blockage in Asian and European ports. Below are actions taken by some shipping business (in. alphabetical order): CMA CGM The French shipping group has suspended most Red Sea voyages. however is still sending some cargoes on a case by case basis when. French navy escorts are possible, Chairman and CEO Rodolphe. Saade said in February. DIANA SHIPPING The business's vessels are avoiding the Suez Canal. Suez Canal transits are...