Bloomberg The long-awaited trade agreement between the US and China may pave the way for Boeing Co to resume sales to the world’s second-largest aviation market, but the American giant has much catching up to do against European archrival Airbus SA. China Aviation Supplies Holding Co, which buys planes on behalf of the nation’s airlines, has been in talks with ...

Bloomberg The UK government is considering subsidising some routes operated by regional airline Flybe as part of the rescue deal struck with the owners of the country’s biggest domestic carrier, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Any decision to grant Flybe routes so-called public service obligation status would come on top of a deferral of air passenger ...

Bloomberg Ethiopia plans to start building Africa’s largest airport at $5 billion within six months and continue the ascendancy of its national carrier, the most profitable on the continent. The new airport, 70 kilometres from the existing Bole International Airport in the capital Addis Ababa, will be able to handle as many as 100 million passengers yearly, Ethiopian Airlines Chief ...