Bloomberg Deliveries of commercial aircraft over the next ten years will be 30% lower than previously forecast, Aviation Week Network said in a video conference. The prediction spans regional jets to widebody planes, and the latter will be hardest-hit, Aviation Week analyst Dan Williams said on the call. Covid-19 pandemic has battered demand for air travel, with most industry participants ...

Bloomberg Russian President Vladimir Putin offered support to Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko, who appealed to his neighbour for help after his claim of an election victory to extend his 26-year rule led to widespread protests and strikes that have been met with police brutality. Russia is ready to provide assistance to “resolve the problems” that arose after Belarus’s vote a week ...

Bloomberg The Chinese army has released footage of its Hong Kong garrison firing cannons and torpedoes in a drill in the South China Sea amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington over the status of the former British colony. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recently tested the weaponry, including a torpedo launch from the vessel Huizhou that successfully hit its ...