Agencies China saw a steady increase in its natural gas output in April, official data showed. The country’s natural gas output was 17.7 billion cubic meters in April, up 4.7% from a year ago, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. In the first four months of this year, China reported a total of 74.7 billion cubic meters of …

Bloomberg Hours after President Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Aeroflot PJSC’s top executives gathered at the airline’s headquarters down the street from the Kremlin. In the official part of the surreal board meeting, they discussed the flagship Russian carrier’s budget without mentioning the war or any risks it might create, according to two people familiar with the proceedings …

Bloomberg Airbus SE’s corporate-jet division is more optimistic about prospects for this year, even as the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Chinese coronavirus lockdowns weigh on sales. The European planemaker had a slow couple of years for orders for its newest business-jet model during the Covid-19 pandemic, with almost all work travel curtailed. The corporate version of the A220 was launched in …