DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, chaired the UAE Cabinet meeting at Expo City Dubai, in conjunction with the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28). The meeting witnessed the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime …

BLOOMBERG China’s domestically manufactured Comac C919 aircraft will fly outside the mainland for the first time this week and head to Hong Kong, where it will conduct a low-altitude flyby over the city’s Victoria Harbour on December 16. The C919, a single-aisle jet that has similar passenger capacity to narrowbody planes produced by Boeing Co and Airbus SE, will go …

BLOOMBERG Alaska Air Group Inc shares sank after it said it would acquire Hawaiian Holdings Inc for $1.9 billion in cash and debt, in the latest attempt to consolidate the US aviation industry despite regulatory headwinds. Alaska shares fell as much as 19% in New York on December 4. Shares of Hawaiian rose as high as $14.20, almost tripling after …