Bloomberg Airbus SE slowed the pace of a planned ramp-up in jetliner production, after a global surge in coronavirus cases dealt a fresh blow to demand. Output of the A320-series narrow-body, Airbus’s best-selling model, will now rise gradually to 45 per month through the fourth quarter, the European planemaker said in a statement. It had previously targeted a faster jump, …

Bloomberg Walmart Inc plans to offer Covid-19 vaccines in at least seven additional states in the coming days, significantly expanding the availability of shots as the US grapples with a slower-than-expected rollout. The world’s largest retailer, which had already been providing inoculations to eligible people in New Mexico and Arkansas, will broaden the effort to select stores in Georgia, Indiana, …

Bloomberg Air France-KLM’s Dutch arm is cutting as many as 1,000 jobs on top of 5,000 shed last year in a sign the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Europe is pushing airlines to take more drastic measures to survive the pandemic. The workforce needs to be reduced because a recovery in air travel is taking longer than initially expected, KLM …