Aircraft
Industry Prepares Widebody Entries as Market ‘Rebalances’
Various derivative programs coming to fruition.

AIN 2017 New Widebodies

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A downward trend in sales has hardened projections of persistently weak demand for widebody airliners at a time airframers prepare to introduce several new and derivative models to the market. Although analysts predict airlines’ seemingly insatiable hunger for new narrowbodies to continue, the category of airplanes that historically produced the highest per-unit profit margins has struggled to maintain the sales momentum manufacturers had expected following impressive volumes of launch commitments.