Aviation Week reports that Airbus is predicting that shippers “will need 560 widebody freighters of more than 80-ton capacity from 202-41. Boeing expects demand for 515 widebody freighters over the same period.” Although much of this demand will reportedly “be satisfied by new-make cargo aircraft…new ventures are moving steadily toward converting Boeing 777s to meet the requirements for heavy cargo aircraft.”
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Boeing Forecasts Growing Need For Freighters
Aviation International News reports that The Boeing Company’s “newly released 2020 World Air Cargo Forecast anticipates more than 60 percent fleet growth over 20 years, driven largely by market requirements for medical supply transport and continuing e-commerce growth.” Specifically, it “projects a demand for 2,430 freighters over the next 20 years, including 930 new production freighters and 1,500 freighters converted from passenger airplanes.”
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