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...Oaktree, the credit investor co-founded by Howard Marks and Bruce Karsh, has been on a fundraising push as it looks to compete with larger rivals....
...But Southwest, which heavily markets its “Bags fly free” policy, endorsed it....
...Shares in American and Alaska closed up 10.3 per cent and 4.5 per cent, respectively in New York trading, while Southwest dipped 2.3 per cent....
...Investors had expected it to be certified in the first half of this year before being delivered to its launch customer, Southwest Airlines....
...And across in Europe, the aircraft leasing industry’s flagship annual conference touches down in Dublin....
...Southwest Airlines put the cost of December’s holiday cancellations of nearly 17,000 flights at $1bn....
...Supply chain difficulties have left Boeing struggling to deliver jets to big customers such as Southwest Airlines....
The FT’s Claire Bushey explains why an estimated 25mn people were left feeling angry in US airports last year
...operate, which Southwest disputes....
...He points to a few exceptions among businesses which have resisted such cyclical policies of hiring and firing: Southwest Airlines, the outdoor equipment company Patagonia and Barry-Wehmiller, the industrial...
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...And on the other hand, we’re finding that there’s this big upswing going on with the BA.2 variant,” said Leonard Marcus, co-director of the Aviation Public Health Initiative at the Harvard T.H....
...Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s secretive project to build huge electric airships is scaling up rapidly, as Lighter Than Air (LTA) Research prepares its first major test flights later this year....
...Leasing them can be complicated since many tenants are early-stage companies....
...Southwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines have also had service failures in the past three months....
...However, Southwest said more trips were cancelled than anticipated, partly because of disruptions from the powerful Hurricane Ida....
...North American airlines, notably United Airlines and Southwest Airlines, have led the charge this year....
...Stephen Kaufer, co-founder of TripAdvisor, said last month he would leave the online travel site in 2022 after more than 20 years....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 22 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...South Korean ecommerce group Coupang has appointed Pedro Franceschi, co-founder and co-chief executive of corporate card fintech start-up Brex, to its board of directors....
...Southwest Airlines chief Gary Kelly sounded similarly upbeat....
...Share prices for the big four carriers — American Airlines, Delta, United and Southwest — have also risen, outpacing the broader stock market since the first vaccine trial results were published a month...
...Delta and Southwest airlines both plan to wait until autumn before they begin fully booking planes, while low-cost US carriers are split evenly between the two stances....
...Mr Buffett told Berkshire shareholders this month that the company had spent between $7bn and $8bn to amass its stakes in American Airlines, Delta, United and Southwest since 2016....
...One of the biggest contract terminations was aircraft leasing company Avolon’s order for 75 planes....
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