Boeing sees 82% growth in commercial air fleet by 2041
The pandemic has not fundamentally altered the long term growth outlook for commercial aviation, with an 82 percent increase in jets seen through 2041, according to a Boeing forecast released Saturday.
The company projected a total global fleet of 47,080 over the next two decades, compared with 25,900 in 2019, with half of deliveries replacing jets that will be retired, Boeing said in its annual commercial market outlook.
The forecast comes a few days after a similar outlook from archrival Airbus and ahead of the big Farnborough airshow.
That’s a bit below the 49,405-jet fleet in Boeing’s prior long-term outlook, reflecting a slight trim to the company’s global annual GDP growth forecast to 2.6 percent.
