Airbus sees plane demand rising as crisis ends.Byline: Reuters LONDON: European plane-maker Airbus has increased its forecasts for new plane demand as the crisis that has enveloped en·vel·op tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops 1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" the industry ends, and added that worldwide passenger growth would be 4.6 percent next year. The EADS EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. EADS Expeditionary Air Defense System (USMC) EADS Extended Air Defense Systems EADS Environmental Assessment Data System EADS Echelons Above Division Study subsidiary said on Thursday it saw global demand for 25,000 new aircraft across the industry in the twenty year period between 2009 and 2029, up from the 24,262 it forecast for 2007-2027. It added that despite an anticipated 2 percent fall in Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs) this year -- a measure of air travel passenger numbers -- the firm expected the figure to be up 4.6 percent next year and continue at similar levels. "Air transportation is a growth industry, and an essential ingredient in the world economy," said Airbus Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for Customers John Leahy in a statement, while adding that replacement of older aircraft and the expansion of low-cost carriers would both be factors in future growth. Airbus said the new planes would have a value of $3.1 trillion. Arch-rival Boeing said in its equivalent forecast in June that it expected 29,000 new planes to be ordered over twenty years, at a value of $3.2 trillion. E Muscat Muscat, Maskat, or Masqat (all: mŭs`kăt, mŭs`kət), city (1993 pop. 533,774), capital of Oman, SE Arabia, on the Gulf of Oman. It is flanked by rugged mountains. Press and Publishing House SAOC SAOC Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization SAOC Sunbeam Alpine Owners Club (UK) SAOC Sector Air Operations Center SAOC South African Orchid Council SAOC Submariners Association Of Canada (Gloucester, ON, Canada) 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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