The number of deliveries of new business aircraft is expected to increase substantially in the next 10 years, but this will be accompanied by a reduction in orders, especially in the short term, according to new Bombardier Aerospace statistics. The Canadian manufacturer predicts that typical annual industry output during the period 2008-2017 will be more than 32 percent higher than it had forecast 12 months ago for the current 2007-2016 period. Deliveries in the next 10 years will be more than double those of the past equivalent period, the report noted.
Strategy and business development vice president Mairead Lavery unveiled Bombardier’s latest view of the industry earlier this month, with a delivery forecast for 1,320 aircraft per year (excluding very light jets), compared with 995 annually predicted by Bombardier this time last year. The new figures reflect recent trends that saw 2007 become a “record year in revenues orders, deliveries and industry backlog.”
