Bloomberg Vistara, the Indian affiliate of Singapore Airlines Ltd., is in talks with Airbus SE and Boeing Co. to buy jets worth as much as $8.5 billion as the carrier seeks to tap India’s growing middle class, according to people familiar with the plans. Vistara, a joint venture with majority owner Tata Group, is seeking to buy about 50 narrowbody …

Bloomberg The state-owned Chinese company producing the nation’s first homebuilt single-aisle commercial aircraft expects to start mass production of the plane after 2021 as it seeks to chase markets in Asia and Africa. The C919 jet, built by Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd., will take about three to four years to get certification for airworthiness from the Civil Aviation …

Bloomberg The airline industry’s most prominent trade body said it objects to any attempts by Singapore to charge travellers to help fund the construction of its new Terminal 5 in Changi Airport. The International Air Transport Association is “strongly against any pre-financing of any infrastructure,” IATA CEO Alexandre de Juniac told a media roundtable as part of the Singapore Airshow. …