Delayed arrival of freighters may prevent 'a bloodbath' in air cargo market
Only a trickle of large widebody freighters will join the global fleet this year and, ...
By Alex Lennane
Where there’s an air show, there’s an optimistic prediction from aircraft manufacturers about how many aircraft will be needed.
As the sun beats down on this week’s Farnborough Air Show in the UK, Boeing has, of course, come up with some big numbers.
Apparently 41,000 new aircraft will be needed up to 2041 – an 80% increase in the global fleet from pre-pandemic levels, at a value of $7.2trn.
But 75% of those will be narrowbodies; the widebody fleet will grow by just ...
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