Watching Vladimir Putin at his year-end press conference, one is tempted to ask What is the Russian president’s future plan. Here is a man leading a country that in the last few months has amassed tens of thousands of soldiers and advanced military equipment on Ukraine’s border, now asserting that it is Ukraine which is planning an invasion of Russia. ...

  Bloomberg Airbus SE is on track to meet its 600-jet delivery goal for 2021, according to people familiar with the situation, though holdups with the handover of some wide-body aircraft have complicated the issue. As of mid-December the European planemaker had shipped around half of the 82 jets it must deliver this month to meet the full-year goal, according ...

  Bloomberg US aviation regulators have proposed modifications to some Boeing Co 777 jets to prevent engine debris from flying loose in a failure and endangering passengers as happened in some recent incidents. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) filed a pair of proposed directives in the Federal Register that would require strengthening the engine inlets and adding shielding on Pratt ...