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  • HONG KONG, CHINA – APRIL 19: A job seeker looks for employment opportunities at Cathay Pacific’s recruitment bus on April 19, 2024 in Hong Kong, China. Cathay Pacific plans to expand its workforce by around 20%, or 5,000 people, this year. (Photo by Li Zhihua/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)Leadership

    Cathay Pacific trainee pilots have damaged so many planes a U.S. flying school has banned them from solo flights

    By Danny Lee and Bloomberg
  • travelers at Ben Gurion airportCompanies

    Traveling between Europe and Asia will take longer as airlines reroute flights after Iran’s attack on Israel

    By Olivia Poh, Danny Lee, and others
  • People look at a BYD Seal car by Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD Auto at the Bangkok International Motor Show in Nonthaburi on March 27, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of EVs but an earnings miss amidst a growing price war sent shares plunging the most in a year

    By Danny Lee, Linda Lew, and others
  • LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 16: Korean Air Airbus A380-861 arrives at Los Angeles International Airport on March 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)Finance

    Korean Air snubs embattled Boeing—its top aircraft supplier—as it inks $14 billion deal with Airbus

    By Danny Lee and Bloomberg
  • An Alaska airlines Boeing 737 is taking off from Los Angeles International AirPort (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    ‘Criminal focus’ on Boeing’s conduct around the blowout of a 737 Max 9 door plug was ‘completely wrong’, head of international airline groups says

    By Danny Lee and Bloomberg
  • GUANGZHOU, CHINA – NOVEMBER 17: A BYD Yangwang U9 electric sports car is on display during the Auto Guangzhou 2023 at China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex on November 17, 2023 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. (Photo by Qu Jinwei/VCG via Getty Images)Tech

    Tesla-beating BYD, after spooking legacy carmakers with its low costs, unveils $233,450 supercar to rival Ferrari and Lamborghini

    By Danny Lee and Bloomberg
  • Changi airportLifestyle

    Pandemic ‘revenge travel’ is fading and flights to Florida are fading as New York and Singapore emerge as dominant hubs

    By Angus Whitley, Danny Lee, and others
  • DONGYING, CHINA – JANUARY 07: C919-B001G large passenger aircraft undergoes test flight on January 7, 2024 in Dongying, Shandong Province of China. C919-B001G started intensive test flights in the new year to make sure its performance can meet airworthiness standards. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)Tech

    China will give its homegrown 737 competitor a global debut in Singapore as Boeing deals with its Alaska Airlines fallout

    By Danny Lee, Siddharth Philip, and others
  • PORTLAND, OREGON – JANUARY 7: In this National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) handout, plastic covers the exterior of the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. A door-sized section near the rear of the Boeing 737-9 MAX plane blew off 10 minutes after Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from Portland, Oregon on January 5 on its way to Ontario, California. (Photo by NTSB via Getty Images)Finance

    Another Boeing 737 model should be inspected for problems with the kind of door plug that blew out on Alaska Airlines, FAA says

    By Danny Lee and Bloomberg
  • New BYD cars wait to be loaded onto a newly completed ro-ro ship named BYD Explorer No.1Tech

    BYD is now using purpose-built EV cargo ships to send its cars to Europe. The first one, with room for 7,000, just set sail

    By Linda Lew, Danny Lee, and others
  • SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JANUARY 6: An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane sits at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on January 6, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Alaska Airlines grounded its 737 MAX 9 planes after part of a fuselage blew off during a flight from Portland Oregon to Ontario, California. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)Tech

    Alaska Air blowout’s missing fuselage chunk so hard to find investigators are asking for public’s help

    By Danny Lee and Bloomberg
  • TOPSHOT – This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024. A Japan Airlines plane was in flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on January 2 after apparently colliding with a coast guard aircraft, media reports said. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Japan Airlines jetliner collides with hurricane relief mission from coast guard, killing 5 crew members in fiery crash

    By Danny Lee and Bloomberg
  • HONG KONG, CHINA – MAY 24: Attendants serve a passenger at the Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. check-in area at the Hong Kong International Airport on May 24, 2023 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Li Zhihua/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

    Cathay Pacific will hire more cabin crew from mainland China after carrier fired flight attendants for mocking passengers who didn’t speak English

    By Danny Lee and Bloomberg
  • Scott Kirby, chief executive officer of United Airlines Holdings Inc., speaks during the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Aerospace Summit in Washington, D.C., US, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. The summit will provide a forum for the industry’s top leaders to publicly discuss the most pressing topics in air and space, according to the organizers. Photographer: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    The CEO of United Airlines just said that flying over Russian airspace is a ‘safety and security risk’ he won’t take—and it’s a big problem for Asia routes

    By Danny Lee, Bloomberg, and others
  • Akbar Al Baker, chief executive officer of Qatar Airways, during a Bloomberg Television interview on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, UK, on Monday, July 18, 2022. The airshow, one of the biggest events in the global aerospace industry, runs through July 22. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Qatar Airways won’t include first class on its next-gen aircraft because it’s pointless, CEO says

    By Danny Lee and Bloomberg