Boeing predicts sales of more single aisle jets

Published 11:44 am Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Air carriers in the U.S. and Canada will take delivery of 7,530 new airplanes over the next 20 years at a market value of $760 billion. the Boeing Co. predicts.

Taking retirements of airplanes into account, the North America fleet will grow from 6,610 airplanes today to about 9,330 airplanes by 2030, the company said in a forecast released Tuesday in Montreal.

Demand in North America will focus primarily on single-aisle jetliners like the 737, according to Boeing.

A lot of the purchases will be to replace aging airplanes with new, more fuel-efficient jets, eh company said.