COMAC’s narrow-body passenger airliner took to the skies in Singapore as the Chinese outfit ramps up its bid to take on Boeing and Airbus

The chiefs of Boeing Defense, Space, and Security, and Raytheon Technologies, will be hit with sanctions after the latest US-Taiwan arms sale, China says

Designed to compete directly with the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus 320neo families, the C919 aircraft programme has faced a range of technical issues

China has banned Boeing and Airbus planes owned by foreign leasing firms from flying in its airspace amid doubt on their status after 're-registration' in Russia when sanctions were imposed

With a technical glitch ruled out, flight data from one of the Boeing 737-800's black boxes indicated someone in the cockpit deliberately crashed the plane, The Wall Street Journal reported

Logjams have hurt Boeing's cash flow while debt has soared, raising fears among investors of a potential credit rating downgrade for America's largest exporter

The total list price of the new aircraft is about $4.38 billion and the share sale would also be used to replenish working capital, according to the filing

China Eastern flight MU5843 took off from southwestern city Kunming at 9:58 am local time (0158 GMT) on Sunday and landed at Chengdu, also in southwestern China, at 11:03 am local time, Flightradar24 data showed

The flight to Shanghai, which is in the middle of a strict Covid-19 lockdown, comes as Chinese authorities scrutinise China Eastern's safety processes

The 737-800 that crashed on Monday does not have the equipment that led to 737 MAX crashes more than three years ago, but that may not make a difference to Chinese passengers

Air India has a mixed fleet of over 140 Airbus and Boeing planes, and industry executives estimate it would cost Tata more than $1 billion to refurbish the ageing aircraft

Jakarta's first order for French warplanes comes as concerns grow about rising US-China tensions and worries about Asia-Pacific security