Bloomberg Boeing Co is open to dropping the “Max” branding for its latest 737 jetliner, depending on an assessment of consumer and airline responses to an aircraft name that’s been tarnished by two fatal crashes and a three-month grounding. “I’d say we’re being open-minded to all the input we get,” Chief Financial Officer Greg Smith said in an interview on …

Bloomberg Cebu Air Inc ordered 31 aircraft from Airbus SE worth $6.8 billion as the Philippines’ largest budget carrier targets an all-new fleet in five years. The order for 16 A330neo and 15 A320neo family aircraft including 10 A321 XLR was made during the Paris Air Show, the airline owned by billionaire John Gokongwei said in a statement. The jets …

Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd plans to use the purchase of UK regional carrier Flybe Group Plc for further takeovers of British operators so it can feed more passengers onto its long-haul flights. The carrier, founded by billionaire Richard Branson, would like to use Flybe to roll up more airlines into an expanded short-haul business as part of a plan …

Bloomberg Korean Air Lines Co is poised to order 30 widebody Boeing 787 aircraft, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that would be the first for the US planemaker at the Paris Air Show after rival Airbus SE clinched a series of sales. The deal was expected to be announced as soon as Tuesday, said the …

Bloomberg London’s Heathrow airport has unveiled final plans for the development of a third runway as Europe’s busiest hub seeks to boost flights and stay ahead of rival bases in Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt. The runway should be opened by about 2026, with the full project to be finished by 2050 as part of a phased addition of capacity aimed …

Bloomberg The impact of Target Corp’s weekend register glitch won’t show up until the retailer discloses quarterly revenue in August, but it could have cost the company about $50 million in lost sales, according to one analyst. Target’s registers went down for about two hours recentlyacross the chain, stemming from what the company called an “internal technology issue” that left …

PARIS / WAM Abu Dhabi’s Sanad Aerotech on Monday announced the conclusion of a landmark agreement with Rolls-Royce plc to become a Rolls-Royce Trent 700 Authorised Maintenance Centre (AMC). Sanad Aerotech is a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider for aero engines and industrial gas turbines that is wholly owned by Mubadala Investment Company PJSC. The agreement, which is valued …

Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co founder Ren Zhengfei expects US sanctions to curtail its revenue by about $30 billion over the coming two years, wiping out the networking giant’s growth by withholding critical American technology. Sales at China’s largest technology company will likely remain stagnant at about $100 billion in 2019 and 2020, the billionaire said during a panel discussion, quantifying …

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The importance of the regional pharmaceutical market will be discussed at the global pharmaceutical event CPhI Middle East and Africa, when it returns to Adnec in September, as the UAE’s pharmaceutical market is expected to increase in value to $4.5 billion by 2021. The event will tackle growing trend to import majority of pharma products …

Bloomberg Ukraine is warning European nations to prepare for a gas crisis amid skepticism it will agree on a new transit contract with Russia before the current deal expires. It’s “highly probable” that a new accord won’t be concluded by January 1, when the current agreement ends, according to Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister Olena Zerkal. That echoes skepticism by the …