Bloomberg Airlines in China, the world’s second-biggest aviation market, plan to exercise stricter control over their costs and debt structures as part of measures to cope with a weaker yuan and stiffer competition. China Eastern Airlines Corp. will strengthen research on oil prices and exchange rates, the carrier said, a day after China Southern Airlines Co. said it will …

  Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc. delayed one of the last major steps in fully blending its operations with those of merger partner US Airways, saying the work is more complex than originally expected. The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline doesn’t have a new target date for integrating operations for its flight attendants, which had been set for spring of 2017, …

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business According to demographic forecasts, the world population will reach 9 billion by the year 2050 with 70% living in urban areas, according to a United Nations survey. A strong emphasis on solving problems faced by people living in the world’s cities is therefore needed. Some of the main challenges lie in addressing unmet and …