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UAE Foreign Minister, Chilean counterpart discuss bilateral cooperation in Santiago

SANTIAGO / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Alberto van Klaveren, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, discussed bilateral relations and means to further develop them across various sectors. This came during the meeting held in the capital, Santiago, as part of the working visit that HH Sheikh Abdullah made to the ...

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Thai Airways flights from China full after visa waiver for visitors

BLOOMBERG Thai Airways International Pcl says flights from China have been over 90% full after Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy temporarily relaxed visa rules for visitors. “We have seen significant growth in terms of Chinese traffic into Thailand,” the carrier’s Chief Commercial Officer Korakot Chatasingha told Bloomberg Television. Thailand is banking on Chinese visitors to lead a spending recovery as policy ...

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China’s planemaker gets $9.9bn order for 100 C919 planes

BLOOMBERG China Eastern Airlines Corp ordered 100 C919 single-aisle planes from Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd, dealing a potential blow to Boeing Co, which hasn’t had a large order from Chinese carriers in years. The order is worth $9.9 billion at list prices, but a significant discount has been applied, Shanghai-based China Eastern said in a statement. Airlines typically ...

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