Boeing is forecasting that China will need 8,560 new commercial airplanes through 2042, driven by economic growth well above the global average and increasing public demand for air travel.
China's commercial airliner fleet will more than double to nearly 9,600 jets over the next 20 years, according to Boeing's Commercial Market Outlook, the company's long-term forecast of demand for commercial airplanes and related services.
In light of the ongoing recovery of air travel, China will account for one fifth of the world's airplane hand-overs in the next two decades, according to the outlook. China's domestic aviation market also will be the largest in the world by the end of the forecast period, helping power demand for 6,470 single-aisle airplanes such as the Boeing 737 MAX family.
