Airbus, Boeing Count on China as Southeast Asia Slows Down

  • China's surge contrasts with overcapacity in Southeast Asia
  • Airbus, Boeing to discuss Asia's future at Singapore Air Show

Employees work on a Boeing 737 MAX airplane at the Boeing manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington.

Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg
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Asia’s biggest airshow kicks off in Singapore this week amid a rout in the global financial markets. You can’t tell any of that looking at plane orders for Airbus Group SE and Boeing Co.

The heydays of multi-billion orders from India and nations in Southeast Asia is giving way to concerns about airlines in the region delaying delivery of planes. The lone bright spot -- China.