$3.8bn Airbus order from Hong Kong Airlines

Eyeing expansion into Europe, the Hong Kong carrier has ordered 10 Airbus A380 aircraft worth approximately $3.8bn, or £2.5bn, at list prices. As reported by the Financial Times and the BBC, the order had risked being derailed by a dispute between the European Union and China. But the airline’s head of corporate governance, Kenneth Thong,…