interestingly, this new singapore airlines flight won't be available for economy travellers, just for means it is out of action for me. premium business class, which means it is out of action for melj thought there was an economy class. we cannot afford it, surely. thank you so much. with that, we end this edition of the asia business report. follow us on twitter. the sport is coming up next. the top stories this hour. one of the north korean leader's closest aides has arrived in new york for talks with the us secretary of state about plans for next month's trump—kim summit. moscow and several international organisations have criticised ukraine after it admitted staging the fake murder of a russianjournalist in kiev. the website viagogo, which resells tickets, could face legal action after missing a deadline to make its prices clearer. the advertising standards authority said viagogo was continuing to mislead customers by not being transparent about additionalfees and delivery charges, added at the end of the booking process. the culture minister has told music fans to boycott the sit

he sold singapore airlines 49 of these planes, each costing $320 million.there's a process by which they pay. >> after kicking the tires and checking out the paint job, it's time to hand off the keys of this bad boy to singapore airlines. and thso. thousands of employees looking on in pride. >> i've got tears in my eyes i'm so happy. >> this is the first plane fully assembled at this plant which employs about 7,000 people. handoff complete now. >> singapore airlines takes delivery of the first 787-10 dreamliner. >> time to drive it off. on board the flight, executives from boeing and singapore airlines as well as a small crew of journalists, less than 50 people on a plane that seats 330 passengers. among them, the travel blogger, the point staff. the first time on this plane? >> of course. >> you feel nervous? >> very. >> first time? >> no, i've been nervous a lot of times. >> surely you can't be serious. >> no, but please don't call me shirley. >> a whopping 15 hours from singapore to osaka, japan. and a dance with the ladies for my workout plan. a little

singapore airlines says it will merge with its struggling budget carrier silk air.g tough competition in the high end market from other full—service carriers. let's see what the markets have been up let's see what the markets have been up to. asian stocks were steady on friday amid caution over developments in us—china trade negotiations, while the dollar perched near a five—month peak after the benchmark us. treasury yield hit its highest in seven years. in tokyo, stocks closed higher friday as a cheaper yen gave a boost to exporters but traders said they would be keeping a close eye on geopolitics in the coming days. msci‘s broadest index of asia—pacific shares outside japan was little changed. the index was headed for a 1% loss this week. hong kong's hang seng rose slightly and shanghai climbed just 0.3% as some investors bet beijing and washington will reach a deal in the latest round of trade talks. meanwhile, wall street ended slightly lower on thursday. meanwhile, here in europe, markets have opened quite mixed. and kim gittleson has the details about what's

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singapore airlines, the world's longest flight, okay, all right, how long is it? >> two weeks. r] ashley: 18 hours and 45 minutes. fly from newark nonstop to singapore. they used to operate back in 2013 but they stopped it because it wasn't profitable, they are getting new upgraded long-distance aircraft and a-350 will make it more comfortable and more doable, currently the longest flight is dohar in qatar to new zealand which is 9,000-miles, this would be 9,537. stuart: if you're in seat 57d in the middle of the back row, what would you be doing, ash? ashley: you won't be working that's for sure. you probably want to set your clothes on fire after 19 hours being stuck back there, good luck. stuart: exercises. ashley: a little bit of leg room because otherwise that's torture. stuart: i'm going move on. wal-mart announces program to help pay for workers college education, you know emac, the left helps wal-mart. liz: now wal-mart, they will pay for any costs after financial aid, tuition books and fees, workers have to pay one dollar. ashley: a day. liz: 3 universities are in the p

betty: singapore airlines is rewarding investors by doubling its dividend. e cents or 3.6% for carriers. net income in the year ended high surge to a seven-year of 665 million u.s. dollars. david: coming up next we will be talking about this on -- talking about nissan. read the longest streak of gains, hang on, wait a minute, going back to june of last year. the end story, the company continues to resist this merger. we dig into other details and options next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: a: 30 in the morning and singapore. hope your cooling down right out. 30 minutes away from the opening of markets. also, and taiwan, i'm david in less. betty: i am betty lou, you're watching "bloomberg markets: asia". bolivia is no model for north korea. nuclear disarmament should follow the bolivia model. later overthrown and killed. north korea says such, comments were repugnant and turn to cancel the summit. keepere was no deal to gaddafi. the libyan model was a bunch different model. with kim jong-un, it would be something where he would be there. be very rich.ould his pe

singapore. rico, what can you tell us? samantha! well, it has to do with aviation. the chinese government recently told several airlinesus carriers, to change the way they refer to taiwan, hong kong, and macau in promotion and advertising materials. washington has gruson as beijing bod trying to impose these territorial demands on these areas —— they have sent it to 36 foreign air carriers, objecting any indication the three entities are independent of separate from china. the white house press secretary called this move orwellian nonsense and part of a growing trend, for the chinese, this party to imposes political views on american citizens and private companies. taiwan is tainah‘s less sensitive territorial issue. beijing considers the self—rule democratic island a wayward province. hong kong and macau are former european colonies that are now part of china but ryan largely autonomously —— but ryan. will these foreign carriers follow what the civil aviation of china wants to do? if not, they may lose chinese passengers, which are one of the largest tourism dollars that contribute to airlines and countries around the

singapore air, for our viewers and listeners, it's a spectacular airline. >> i would imagine it has toce if you're on there for 19 hours. >> you have to do something, do some stretching. it's interesting >> i'll leave it to you. >> okay. i'm not saying i would do it again, having done it, it was cool see you in a bit >>> big technology ceos from around the world gathering on stage at the code conference today. last night snapchat ceo evan spiegel weighing in on the hot topic of regulation. >> foolishly some big companies want that, they believe they're best equip ed ped to deal with regulation, and there are times in history when regulation entrenched big companies i think that's a huge mistake. i think that that would inhibit innovation but i do think there's some really great legal frameworks developing like gdpr that is thought out, gives the user control and choice and that will make a difference. i think there's going to be a balance. i think there will be some regulation, but at the same time technology companies need to incorporate the spirit of protecting user privacy. >> speak

singapore. genie: thank you. bruce harrison reporting from seoul. prosecutors investigating a downed flight over ukraine say missiles used to bring down that plane came from russian armed forces. the malaysian airlineslight was brought down over ukraine in 2014 on its way from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. all 298 passengers and crew, most of them dutch, were killed. the investigation commission has analyzed all of the images of the missile from the 17th of july, 20 14, and established it had certain characteristics. these allow the commission to create a footprint. after a lot of work with other missiles, we have concluded that the missile came from the 53rd missile portrayed based in -- missile brigade based in russia. russia has always denied involvement in the incident, putting the blame instead on kiev. to get the latest on what the prosecutors had to stay, let's go live to stephanie vanderburgh in the hague. to the investigators have any specific suspects in mind? stephanie: they are being very precise about it. they don't say the russian military was involved yet in the attack. they just say russian material was used in the attack. they have said they have a list of around 100 suspects and have

singapore on june 12. the transportation department is reviewing federal oversight at allegiant air and american airlines. the inspector general is narrowing a 2017 review on all airlines to focus on just those two carriers. itegiant air says that follows all faa rules and welcomes the review. the airline was five to be a focus of their review and stands by its safety record. the hospital director says there are five new suspected cases of ebola in northwestern congo where an outbreak was declared this week. to nurses in contact with patients are among the suspected cases -- two nurses in contact are among the suspected cases. it is fatal and up to 90% of cases. this is the. in congola outbreak since 1976. hisor orban was elected to second consecutive term, for the overall. has ruled with an autocratic style of government since returning to power in 2010. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on tick-tock on twitter, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ u.s. inflation rising less than forecast in april. that is giving the fed some breath

singapore. ryanair has said and/or earnings are set to slump for the first time since 2016. europe's biggest discount airlinee internet income back toe 10% will fall range of 1.2 5 billion euros. declineld represent a of as much as 40%. the ceo joins us just after 7:00 a.m. u.k. time. harbour energy has made a bid for santos. indicatedased company it could be raised further if santos expands its oil hedging program. -- at the equivalent of 6.9 five aussie dollars, that's a premium. the united arab emirates lance to allow full foreign ownership and companies and grant long-term visas to some .nvestors it's a significant departure from the policy of restricting foreign ownership outside free zones. the second-biggest gulf economy six to attract more investment. that's your bloomberg business flash. the former malaysian prime minister is to be questioned about the scandal. it's part of a new investigation into billions of missing dollars, some of which appeared to end up in his bank account. our reporter spoke about this. if he would asking assume the role. think to suggest that we should could be given ample o

singapore. it's going to be a heck of a summit >> some airlines -- i saw there's a 20-hour flight, hans i don'tyeah. there's a 20-hour commercial flight >> you fly commercial? okay, good i want to establish the baseline there. >> yeah. andrew's not here today. you're confused. you're confused between anchors. so i thought that -- i will tell you, hans, every time north korea seemed to acknowledge it was considering total denucle denuclearization, now they're not. i don't know what changed. >> it could want the economic aid before they do complete denuclearization you know, what trump and bolton and a whole host of officials even previous officials that have left the administration, that's a nonstarter. even mcmaster said that you need to have the denuclearization first. that is the goal then you'll talk about economic aid. you know, the only concession that i can think of that the pentagon or the administration at large has made is not bringing reporters in to witness these military exercises when i was in korea just a couple months ago, normally they bring a bunch of reporters, they put you on

intending to be in singapore in the next few days to scout locations and do all of the things that are required to prepare for the summit, if they still go, that's a sign i'm holding on to my airline tickets. >> good sign to watch out for. that letter, we're going to read the entire thing in full in just a couple minutes because it is worth hearing the entire thing in full. just a portion of it though, if you change your mind having to do with this most important summit, please do not hesitate to call me or write. that's what the president said to kim jong-un. and one other question that's been nagging me, kelly, that i hope you'll have some clarity on. john bolton initially brought up north korea ending like libya if this summit doesn't work out or saying that that was a good plan for denuclearization. the president squashed that. he dismissed that idea, said no, no, no, we're not doing that when north korea reacted poorly. why did the vice president bring it up again in a fox news interview? >> it is curious. he was prompted by a question about what could trigger a failure in this before we knew about today's decision to hold off on the summit. and in his response, he said that