Bloomberg Boeing Co is seeing strong airline interest in a new mid-range aircraft on its drawing board, bolstering the case for its biggest potential product development of the next 10 years. No current-generation aircraft are specifically designed for long flights within a region, like the seven-hour trek from Tokyo to Singapore, said Ray Conner, chief executive officer of Boeing’s …

    Bloomberg Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp, the maker of Japan’s first passenger jet, has won an order for as many as 20 planes from Swedish leasing company Rockton, according to a person familiar with the deal. The order is the second for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet this year, following a deal from US lessor Aerolease Aviation LLC for as many …

  AFP The Solar Impulse 2 left southern Spain on Monday on its way to Egypt for the penultimate leg of the solar-powered airplane’s landmark round-the-world journey. The experimental aircraft took off from Seville at 6:20 am (0420 GMT) for a flight that should last about 50 hours and will take it over the Mediterranean Sea. Swiss national Andre Borschberg …