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Boeing’s China outlook faces Trump’s trade war headwind

Bloomberg Boeing Co. painted an optimistic forecast for China, an aviation market soon poised to become the world’s biggest. The planemaker also needs to overcome a tit-for-tat trade war that President Donald Trump is ratcheting up. The country will need 7,690 new planes worth $1.2 trillion over the next two decades, the Chicago-based planemaker said in Beijing. That’s a 6 ...

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Leonardo talks to buyers for Iran ATRs

Bloomberg Italy’s aerospace giant Leonardo SpA says ATR, which it co-owns with France’s Airbus SE, is in talks with alternative buyers for the remaining aircraft in a $1.6 billion deal with Iran, which it can no longer deliver due to sanctions. “We are pretty confident that we will finalise the re-allocation to other countries” by the end of this year, ...

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Amazon business sales hit $10 billion annualised rate

Bloomberg Amazon.com said sales from its business-to-business platform hit an annualised rate of $10 billion globally as it adapted its online retail operations for consumers into an international enterprise serving offices, hospitals and factories. The Seattle-based internet giant launched Amazon Business in the US in 2015 and reached $1 billion in sales a year later. It now operates in eight ...

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