Boeing's first 737 MAX delivery to Ryanair remains weeks away, the Irish airline said on Thursday, a month after forecasting that it would take delivery of eight of the aircraft before the end of April.
Argentina's 2020/21 corn production will hit 50 million tonnes, up from 48.5 million tonnes previously forecast, due to a higher planting area and good yields in the Cordoba region, the Rosario grains exchange said in a report https://www.bcr.com.ar/es/mercados/gea/estimaciones-nacionales-de-produccion/estimaciones/el-maiz-alcanzaria-la-barrera-de late on Wednesday.
Copper prices ticked higher on Thursday as bullish investors expecting strong demand from a global push for decarbonisation took advantage of a dip to add to their positions.
Raw sugar futures on ICE slipped on Thursday after hitting a seven-week high in the previous session, with the market consolidating amid broadly positive sentiment. Arabica coffee and cocoa rose.
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways will no longer operate Boeing 777-300ER jets after this year, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as it accelerates planes to become a smaller airline.
Southwest Airlines Co on Thursday posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly adjusted loss and forecast lower cash burn in the second quarter as rising vaccination rates and pent-up demand for leisure travel signal an "optimistic summer".
Boeing's first 737 MAX delivery to Ryanair, the jet's largest customer in Europe, remains weeks away, the Irish airline's chief executive, Eddie Wilson, said on Thursday.
Ukraine's economy ministry has proposed waiving the 50% import duty on 120,000 tonnes of white sugar in a draft law presented to parliament on Thursday.
British Airways-owner International Airlines Group committed to powering 10% of its flights with sustainable aviation fuel by 2030, seeking to make progress towards its longer term goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Frost damage to French vineyards this month could reduce wine production by nearly a third compared with recent years, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Thursday, citing initial estimates from wine producers.
English and Welsh shoppers rushed back to clothes and furniture stores last week when they reopened after three months of COVID lockdown restrictions, but the novelty of dining and drinking outside rapidly faded.
Frost damage to French vineyards this month could reduce wine production by about 15 million hectolitres in 2021, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Thursday, citing initial estimates from wine producers.
British spending on credit and debit cards rose to 91% of its pre-pandemic level last week, driven by a big jump in spending on goods such as clothes and furniture as non-essential shops in England reopened for the first time since January.
China's top pig producers are set to report a plunge in first-quarter profits from the huge gains of last year, after hog prices fell, and disease, more expensive feed and poorly performing sows further eroded earnings.
Chinese buyers are thought to have booked at least half a million tonnes of new-crop French wheat for shipment between July and September, suggesting China will remain a major outlet for French exporters, traders said.
An Ethiopian government agency is believed to have received only one offer in a tender to buy 400,000 tonnes of milling wheat which closed on Tuesday, European traders said on Thursday.