Bloomberg The major US airlines that allege unfair competition by Persian Gulf rivals can’t show that new flight routes are costing US jobs, allies of the Middle Eastern carriers told Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Opening discussions with the governments of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar over trade claims could hurt travel and tourism and encourage other countries to …

Bloomberg Flybe Group Plc, Britain’s biggest regional airline, said it’s pursuing 10 to 20 more partnership agreements with major airlines following its introduction of flights to London’s Heathrow airport in March. The stock rose as much as 6 percent. The services from Edinburgh and Aberdeen offer bigger carriers the chance to tap Scottish markets by striking code-share deals that let …

Dubai / WAM More than AED204 billion of investments are generated by 201 plastics plants operating in Abu Dhabi, according to the Industry Development Bureau of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED). The revelation came during a workshop organised by the bureau as part of the ADDED’s ‘Industry Dialogue’ initiative, aimed at bolstering an investment-conducive environment at the …