Airbus said it expects global demand for passenger jets over the 20-year period to be around 26,000 aircraft worth more than $3.2 trillion. That is 900 more than Airbus was predicting in its previous global market forecast in September 2009. With cargo traffic recovering at a higher rate than passenger traffic, Airbus is projecting a demand for approximately 2,980 freighters.

The Airbus Global Market Forecast (GMF) gives a detailed analysis of world air transport developments, covering 300 distinct passenger and freight traffic flows, as well as a year-by-year fleet evolution of the world’s aircraft operators, through fleet analysis of nearly 938 passenger airlines and 217 freighter operators over the next 20 years.

The full Airbus GMF presentation can be viewed at:

http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/files/brochures_publications/Global_Market_Forecast/Airbus_Global_Market_Forecast_-_2010-2029.pdf

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