Bloomberg Expatriate pilots flying Boeing Co.’s most popular plane for Chinese airlines used to be able to take their pick from dozens of jobs paying $300,000 plus perks thanks to a shortage of experienced aviators there. The grounding of the 737 Max has changed that. Chinese carriers have largely stopped hiring foreign pilots for Boeing’s main narrow-bodied jet, nine months …

Bloomberg The US is expected to buy 22 aging fighter jets from Switzerland, a country that’s struggling to modernise its own air force. US Navy representatives and the Swiss defense procurement agency, known as Armasuisse, discussed the deal in July, an agency spokesman said by email. The contract is expected to be signed once US lawmakers approve the fiscal 2020 …

Bloomberg Finland’s national carrier Finnair Oyj is starting its next big round of investments: as much as 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion) on modernising and expanding its narrow-body fleet of aircraft to fly between European cities. The investment comes on top of 2 billion euros spent over the past five years on transforming Finnair’s long-haul fleet to boost fuel efficiency, …