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Boeing Co. BA -0.19% ’s delays in delivering 787 Dreamliners are again rippling into American Airlines Group Inc.’s AAL 0.66% flying schedule. The Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier said Friday it would suspend its Philadelphia-Madrid route for a few weeks in May and early June, citing delivery delays for the jets. American said it was cutting the flights now to ensure it could help…

Air-traffic officials on Wednesday said they are trying to ease what they expect could be flight delays and other snarls in the New York-area skies this summer.The number of flights at New York airports is set to rise while a key air-traffic control facility there continues to struggle with a staffing shortfall. The combined impact could lead to a 45% increase in delays in New York this summer if no action is taken, the Federal Aviation Administration wrote in a notice Wednesday.  To address the looming issue, the agency…

Virgin Orbit said it would begin an incremental resumption of operations Thursday. Photo: James Beck/Bloomberg News…

The commercial relationships between retailers and their suppliers that shifted under the strains of the Covid-19 pandemic are transforming again as companies cope with continuing changes in consumer spending and high costs across their supply chains.Large companies including Walmart Inc. and Whole Foods Market are pressing suppliers to cut prices for goods while others have been canceling orders for products from clothing to appliances. That is a stark change from buying strategies as…

Southwest Airlines Co. LUV 1.06% said it has identified several solutions to manage the kind of severe winter-weather disruptions that caught it off guard late last year, resulting in thousands of flight cancellations.  Chief Executive Bob Jordan said the company understood what caused the holiday disruption. “We expect to mitigate the risk of an event of this magnitude ever happening again,” he said…

Boeing said it has confirmed the airplane meets regulatory requirements and doesn’t require changes to production . Photo: logan cyrus/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a wave of promises by global businesses to exit Russia. A year later, many of those companies are still there.Hard Rock International closed its Hard Rock Cafe in Moscow but says it is negotiating the end of a franchise agreement with an independent restaurant operator in St. Petersburg. Volkswagen AG VOW 0.03% , Europe’s biggest auto maker, stopped sales and production of cars in Russia and says it is in advanced discussion to sell…

Thousands of Twitter users reported problems with the site on Wednesday morning. Photo: olivier douliery/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

Ford F -1.66% Motor Co. is extending the halt on F-150 Lightning production until the end of next week, the company said Friday, as it works to resolve a battery problem that caused a vehicle fire. The Feb. 4 fire occurred in one of the company’s holding lots during a predelivery quality check, a Ford spokeswoman said. The blaze spread to two other trucks, according to a fire department incident report reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Ford said last week that…

Boeing Co. BA 1.15% has halted deliveries of 787 Dreamliner jets because of a documentation issue, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and industry officials. The plane maker hasn’t handed over a Dreamliner since Jan. 26 from the production line or from the dozens stored awaiting delivery, said aviation data provider Ascend by Cirium. Boeing last week said it had paused assembly of new jets. The assembly pause…