DOHA / Tribune News Service Qatar Airways’ bumpy trip to Atlanta continued on Wednesday when its first flight had to settle for a parking place on the tarmac instead of a regular gate. The Middle Eastern carrier launched its Atlanta-Doha service with a double-decker Airbus A380, the world’s largest airliner. The inaugural flight landed about 4 pm, but the …

  Shanghai / Bloomberg The Chinese are spending more time at airports and on aircraft as flight delays worsen. The average delay for flights last year was 21 minutes, 2 minutes worse than in 2014, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a report dated May 30 on its website. Air traffic control issues was the biggest reason for …

  Singapore / Bloomberg Singapore’s state-owned investment firms Temasek Holdings Pte and GIC Pte, long-term Alibaba Group Holding Inc. investors, bought a combined $1 billion of stock in the Chinese e-commerce behemoth, the second-biggest stakes being sold by SoftBank Group Corp. The purchases add to the technology holdings of both investment firms. Temasek and GIC were early investors in Alibaba …