Boeing predicts robust growth in future sales of its planes in latest 20-year forecast
Boeing’s latest forecast of its plane sales over the next 20 years have risen slightly from its last forecast. It now expects to sell a total of 34,000 planes in two decades, up from 33.500. It expects this will make it $4.5 trillion. Boeing anticipates demand from China, India and the emerging markets to be stronger than from Europe and America. It anticipates annual air passenger growth over 20 years of 5% and annual air freight growth of 5.2%. Boeing expects orders of 23,240 single-aisle planes, as low-cost carriers continue to grow at above average rates – and 7,950 twin-aisle planes, 790 large aircraft and 2,020 regional jets from 2012 to 2031. It expects the world freight fleet to nearly double from 1,740 aircraft currently to 3,200 in 20 years’ time. It expects the number of aircraft in the world to double in 20 years.
Boeing expects strong demand for new planes
Boeing predicts $4.5tn (£2.8tn) of new planes will be bought over the next 20 years, driven by demand in China, India and other emerging markets.
The US planemaker predicts airlines worldwide will buy 34,000 new planes in the next two decades.
About one-third of the planes will be sold in the Asia Pacific region, followed by Europe and North America.
Struggling economic conditions and high fuel costs have weighed on airlines recently as people travel less.
‘Resilient’ market
Boeing forecast that airline traffic would grow at an annual rate of 5% over the next two decades, with cargo traffic growing at a slightly faster 5.2%.
Low-cost carriers, which are growing faster than the broader market, will also boost demand, the Chicago-based company said.
Airlines are also ditching older, fuel-guzzling aircraft for leaner ones, particularly in Europe, the US and Russia. Boeing forecasts replacements will account for 41% of new deliveries.
“The world’s aviation market is broader, deeper and more diverse than we’ve ever seen it,” said Randy Tinseth, vice president of marketing at Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
“It has proven to be resilient even during some very challenging years and is driving production rate increases across the board.”
“Robust growth in China, India and other emerging markets is a major factor in the increased deliveries over the next 20 years,” the company said.
Boeing predicted robust demand for its single-aisle next generation 737 and the 737 Max, which is due to fly for the first time in 2016.
Wide bodied planes, those that have two passenger aisles such as Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, are expected to account for nearly $2.5tn worth of new airplane deliveries with 40% of the demand coming from Asia.
Boeing cut its projection for the number of freight planes to be sold, blaming the current sluggish state of the cargo market.
But it still expects the world freight fleet to nearly double from 1,740 aircraft currently to 3,200 in 20 years’ time.
“That market’s going to come back when the economy comes back,” said Mr Tinseth.
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Boeing’s 20-Year Forecast Predicts World Fleet Will Double in Size
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Boeing hikes 20-year market forecast to $4.5 trillion
LONDON | Tue Jul 3, 2012 8:17am EDT
(Reuters) – Planemaker Boeing Co hiked its 20-year market forecast, predicting demand for 34,000 new aircraft worth $4.5 trillion, on growth in emerging regions and as airlines seek efficient new planes to counter high fuel costs.
Many airlines are facing tough conditions as consumers and businesses in austerity-hit regions cut back on travel, while high fuel prices are taking their toll on profit.
“I don’t think there’s any question that the forecast reflects the economic struggles we see today in some of the mature markets,” Randy Tinseth, vice president marketing at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, told a media briefing in London.
The forecast did not take into account a possible collapse of the euro or the exit of any euro member, Tinseth said.
“We’re looking at a world economy, where, especially over the next few years, we slog through the situation here in Europe and then once you get into the 2014 time frame and beyond, you see more normal economic growth.”
Boeing said on Tuesday the market for new planes would become more geographically balanced over the next two decades, with the Asia-Pacific region leading the way in deliveries, as markets like China and India continued to grow.
The company had last year forecast demand for 33,500 new passenger aircraft and freighters worth $4 trillion by 2030.
“Robust growth in China, India and other emerging markets is a major factor in the increased deliveries over the next 20 years,” Boeing said.
The company said airline traffic was forecast to grow at a 5 percent annual rate over the next 20 years, with cargo traffic seen growing at a rate of 5.2 percent.
It saw the world fleet doubling over the next two decades.
“Low-cost carriers, with their ability to stimulate traffic with low fares, are growing faster than the market as a whole,” the company said.
REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT
Boeing said there was strong demand to replace older, less fuel-efficient aircraft, with replacements accounting for 41 percent of new deliveries in the forecast, which runs to 2031.
There would be strong demand for replacement aircraft from Europe, the United States andRussia, Tinseth said.
The Chicago-based company said it saw a market for 23,240 single-aisle aircraft over the next two decades – a category that includes its 737 and rival Airbus’s A320 – worth $2.03 trillion.
It predicted demand for 7,950 twin-aisle aircraft – such as its 787 Dreamliner – worth $2.08 trillion and 790 large aircraft – the Airbus A380 or Boeing 747 – worth $280 billion over 20 years.
Two fifths of the demand for widebody long-range aircraft would come from Asian airlines, Boeing said.
It cut its forecast for the freighter market, blaming a cargo market that remains sluggish. It said it expected the world freighter fleet to nearly double from 1,740 aircraft today to 3,200 by 2031. Last year it had forecast the fleet would reach 3,500 by 2030.
That market segment was flat last year and would perform below the long-term trend once again this year, hit by economic problems, high fuel prices and the fact that lower cost alternatives like shipping exist,” Tinseth said.
“That market’s going to come back when the economy comes back,” he added.
(Editing by Dan Lalor and Hans-Juergen Peters)
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Boeing predicts robust growth in latest 20-year forecast
By Victoria Moores (ATW)
July 3, 2012
Despite the challenging market conditions, Boeing predicts 5% annual traffic growth over the two decades with Asia-Pacific maintaining its position as the lead recipient of aircraft.
“The world’s aviation market is broader, deeper and more diverse than we’ve ever seen it,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes marketing VP Randy Tinseth said. “It has proven to be resilient even during some very challenging years and is driving production rate increases across the board.”
Boeing expects robust growth, with 23,240 single-aisle deliveries, as low-cost carriers continue to grow at above average rates and many embark on fleet renewals. Replacement aircraft will account for 41% of the 34,000 new deliveries.
Boeing forecast a world total of 7,950 twin-aisle deliveries, 790 large aircraft and 2,020 regional jets to be ordered from 2012 to 2031.
Although China, India and other emerging markets will drive growth in deliveries—with Asian airlines accounting for 40% of the widebody total—Boeing believes the new aircraft market will become “more geographically balanced in the next two decades.”