Boeing’s new 20-year forecast predicts airlines worldwide will need some 35,000 new airliners in the next two decades as the world’s airline fleet more than doubles.
That forecast, rolled out Tuesday by Boeing marketing vice president Randy Tinseth, predicts demand will be particularly strong from Asian carriers and in the single-aidle segment of the business.
That forecast predicted the demand for new planes would be 1,000 more than the company had predicted last year. The value of those planes would be about $4.8 trillion, some $300 billion more than last year’s forecast.
Tinseth said that demand is being driven by …