Overview
- Boeing released its 2026 Commercial Market Outlook on Friday and held a 20-year demand forecast of 43,625 new jetliners and freighters for 2026–2045.
- The company estimates an undersupply of about 2,000 aircraft entering 2026 and says single-aisle shortages are unlikely to clear until the end of the decade with widebody shortfalls lasting into the early 2030s.
- Boeing projects a $4.9 trillion commercial aviation support and services market through 2045 and forecasts demand for more than 2.4 million new aviation personnel.
- The Pilot & Technician Outlook specifies roughly 674,000 pilots, 728,000 maintenance technicians and 1,023,000 cabin crew will be needed by 2045.
- Boeing expects passenger traffic to slow to about 2.3% this year, rebound in 2027–28, and average roughly 4% annual growth over 20 years as the global fleet rises toward 50,000 aircraft and new‑generation jets grow to roughly 92% of the fleet.