Overview

• Airbus increased its 20-year forecast by 2% to 43,420 deliveries from 2025 through 2044, covering 42,450 passenger jets and 970 freighters.
• Projected single-aisle deliveries climbed to 34,250 aircraft, with models such as the A320neo family accounting for 56% of new capacity.
• The outlook for wide-body passenger jets rose by 3% to 8,200 units, driven by escalating long-haul demand from Gulf carriers.
• Airbus kept its air traffic growth assumption at 3.6% per year while trimming its trade growth projection to 2.6% and global GDP to 2.5%.
• U.S. and Chinese officials agreed on June 10 to restore a trade truce and roll back mutual restrictions, reinforcing industry supply-chain stability.