Could the Skies Really Need 43,600 More Jets by 2044?
Boeing’s latest Commercial Market Outlook, unveiled on the eve of the Paris Airshow, projects a staggering demand for 43,600 new commercial airliners over the next 20 years—nearly matching last year’s forecast of 43,975 aircraft. This demand breaks down into approximately 33,300 single?aisle jets, 7,800 wide?body aircraft, 955 factory?built freighters, and 1,545 regional jets, reflecting the lion’s share of growth coming from the ubiquitous workhorses like the 737?MAX and Airbus’s A320neo family.Despite this near?steady forecast, Boeing tempered its growth assumptions across the board: passenger traffic growth was trimmed from 4.7% ...
