Singapore Airshow features aerial displays and the international debut of China’s C919

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SINGAPORE (AP) — The Singapore Airshow – Asia’s largest – kicked off Tuesday with an array of aerial displays including some by China’s COMAC C919 narrow-body airliner. It’s the first time Singapore has opened the event to the public since 2020, when a scaled-down version went ahead as the COVID-19 pandemic was just starting. Advertisement The biennial show comes as Asia’s aviation sector is taking off following the hard years of the pandemic, when many countries in the region closed their borders to most international travel. Advertisement Subhas Menon, director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, said that...