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Cathay Pacific has ordered 21 777-9Xs, some of the almost 4,000 widebodies Boeing forecasts Asia Pacific airlines will order over the next two decades.
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Asia’s staggering appetite for new metal (and carbon)
The numbers are stunning but not surprising for anyone who follows aviation, but they come with a warning. The Asia Pacific region will need an additional 12,820 aircraft valued at US$1. 9 trillion, representing 36 per cent of the world’s new deliveries, over the next 20 years.
Boeing’s marketing guru Randy Tinseth told Contrails that over the next 20 years, nearly half of the world’s air traffic growth will be driven by travel to, from or within the region. “
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