Farnborough Fair: Boeing and Airbus aircraft see another boom – SPIEGEL ONLINE

After a weak first half of 2016 continued implies no turnaround for the aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus. On the first day of the air show in Farnborough be sensational large orders were limited. Both companies expect but in the next two decades with a higher need of carriers to new machines as previously forecast.

Worldwide would in the period require Airlines nearly 40,000 new aircraft worth 5.9 trillion dollars, informed the US group. The good four per cent more than Boeing had a year earlier estimated. The European competitor expects that 33,000 new machines are needed at least 100 seats worth $ 5.2 trillion, an increase of 500 aircraft compared with the previous forecast.

Since both aviation corporations from an increase passenger traffic out, they expect over the next 20 years with a higher demand on the world market. Background was the growing prosperity in countries like India and China, Airbus said. Domestic traffic in the People’s Republic will be the world within ten years for the most. Even Boeing is betting that primarily airlines from emerging markets and low-cost enhanced order planes in the next two decades.

major order from Richard Branson

Orders in spectacular dimension, there was not at the show. A large order, Airbus received by British billionaire Richard Branson. His Virgin Atlantic ordered twelve Airbus jets type A350-1000 to replace the machines much larger Boeing Jumbos.

Boeing gathered mainly preliminary of airlines from China. So put Donghai Airlines to buy five “Dreamliner” -Jets version 787-9 prospect. There are also 25 copies of the 737-MAX-8. The China Southern Airlines belonging airline Xiamen announced the purchase of up to 30 medium-haul jets in the low cost version 737 MAX 200th According to the price list China-orders have a total value of 7.4 billion dollars. A firm order came from the British bank Standard Chartered. You ordered for customers ten Boeing 737s worth nearly a billion dollars

The shares of Boeing and Airbus reacted positively to the news. The price of the Airbus papers rose around 2.5 percent until the evening. For the shares of Boeing it was in New York trading, first by 1.7 percent up.

bad first half of the year

In the first half of the year Airbus so far only collected orders for 183 airliners, Boeing came to early July on 288 ordered is machinery. This represents far less than half of the planned annual production of the manufacturers. Airbus is back even stronger.

The majority of the needs of the coming decades is likely attributable to medium-haul jets like the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX-loud two manufacturers. On the market now move the Canadian Regionaljethersteller Bombardier’s C-Series and his Brazilian rival zoom with its E2-Jet. Both jets use almost the same engine type as used comes when trimmed to save fuel A320neo. The Embraer-flyer will be unveiled at a major trade show in Farnborough.

In the long-haul business, the trend was last toward midsize jet with two engines as Boeing’s 787 “Dreamliner”, the long-time best seller 777 and the Airbus A350 which can be used profitably on less popular routes.