Boeing and Embraer publish first half deliveries - Suppliers Share Wrap

Major aircraft manufacturers continue to produce aircraft at near record rates, but the disquiet expressed by suppliers in late 2009 and earlier this year appears to have all but evaporated. This comes despite the IMF recently warning that significant downside risks are emerging in the global economic recovery (particularly in the developed economies) and narrowly downgrading its GDP forecast for 2011 to 4.25% (2010: 4.5%)