More Big Orders Seem to Support Narrowbody Rate Hikes
Plans call for the first Boeing 737 built at a newly accelerated rate of 38 per month to go to Panama’s Copa Airlines in early April. (Photo: Boeing)
Plans call for the first Boeing 737 built at a newly accelerated rate of 38 per month to go to Panama’s Copa Airlines in early April. (Photo: Boeing)

Airbus and Boeing each secured major commitments for their respective narrowbodies last week, potentially helping to quiet some of the debate surrounding the extent of their production rate increases.