AIRLINES
<strong>TransNusa snubs Chinese jet</strong>
A new budget carrier meant to be the first international customer for China’s homegrown passenger jet is going with Airbus SE for its first plane, the carrier’s Web site said. Indonesian low-cost carrier PT TransNusa Aviation Mandiri might eventually have as many as six Airbus jets in its fleet, with a second due to arrive next month, a person familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity. China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Ltd (中國飛機租賃) — a shareholder of TransNusa — in January last year said that it would provide the Indonesian carrier with 30 ARJ21 single-aisle