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Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile

Baua Electric

That announcement came about three weeks after a panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 body shortly after takeoff, terrifying passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight and forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at the Portland International Airport in Oregon. A surge in the cost of jet fuel after Russia invaded Ukraine also hurt profits.

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Boeing projects $820B market for 7,290 new airplanes in North America over next 20 years

Green Car Congress

Taking retirements of airplanes into account, the North America fleet will grow from 6,650 airplanes today to about 8,830 airplanes by 2031. The market is shaped by aggressive growth of low-cost carriers and the need to replace aging airplanes in the fleets of the established network carriers.