Bloomberg Airbus SE former Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders has become the latest aviation stalwart to throw his weight behind the future of flight, joining the board of German startup Lilium. Enders, an industry veteran with almost three decades of experience, spent seven years at the helm of planemaker Airbus before stepping down in 2019. Lilium impressed him with its …

Bloomberg Representatives from Boeing Co and the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will leave for Jakarta this week to help with an investigation into Saturday’s crash of a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet, which hurtled into the Java Sea with 62 people on board. The Indonesian government granted a waiver allowing the Boeing and NTSB officials to enter the country …

Bloomberg Australian household spending jumped in November as the southeastern state of Victoria was released from lockdown and consumers took advantage of discounts during annual Black Friday sales. Retail sales advanced 7.1% from a month earlier, compared with the 7% gain forecast by economists and the 7% reported in late December as the preliminary figure, data from the Australian Bureau …