Singapore Airshow 2014. CAPA view on the year's outlook for airframe manufacturers. Part 1: Airbus

After record ordering and deliveries in 2013 for commercial aircraft, 2014 is set to be another busy one for the world's major aircraft manufacturers and their aircraft programmes. With the Singapore Airshow imminent, a new round of speculation is occurring, with much of it focussed on whether the array of new orders will lead to excess capacity, especially in the Southeast Asian market.

Boeing and Airbus are busy producing - and selling - next generation widebody programmes and re-engined narrowbodies. Bombardier is working to perfect and deliver its CSeries to customers. Embraer is starting the development of its second-generation E-Jets and ATR is trying to get its shareholders to agree to an all-new 90-seat turboprop. Elsewhere, major next generation regional jet, turboprop and narrowbody projects continue to mature in China and Russia, threatening an end to the set of not-so-cosy duopolies that have dominated the commercial aircraft manufacturing landscape for most of the past decade.