Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc. ordered 47 Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners for long-range flying, expanding its fleet of the advanced carbon-composite jetliners and dealing a blow to Airbus SE’s ambitions to expand its wide-body aircraft sales in the US. In a related move, American cancelled an order for 22 of Airbus’s twin-aisle A350 jets, a purchase placed by predecessor carrier ...

Bloomberg IndiGo, the only airline to have publicly shown interest in buying parts of Air India Ltd., said it’s no longer keen on the state asset, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most high-profile privatisation plan. India’s biggest airline, operated by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., said it doesn’t have the wherewithal to acquire Air India in its entirety and ...

Bloomberg China’s proposed aircraft tariffs take aim at Boeing Co.’s main source of profit, the 737 jetliner family, while exempting a popular upgraded model needed to fuel the rapid growth of the country’s airlines. Boeing’s best-selling plane, the 737 Max 8, would narrowly escape the retaliatory measure, based on the weight limits outlined by the Chinese government, Douglas Harned, an ...