Market for Freighters Still ‘Compelling,’ Says McNerney
Boeing delivered the first 747-8F ever based in Japan to Nippon Cargo Airlines during the third quarter. (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing delivered the first 747-8F ever based in Japan to Nippon Cargo Airlines during the third quarter. (Photo: Boeing)

Following up on Boeing’s recent bullish 20-year forecast for freighter aircraft demand, CEO Jim McNerney acknowledged that the market for freighters looks soft in the near term. Nevertheless, during the company’s third-quarter earnings call last Wednesday he noted that the company has “pretty much” filled all of next year’s delivery slots for its newest freighter–the 747-8F–and that, in the long term, the case for a robust freighter market remains “compelling.”