More than 3,000 aircraft needed on the Chinese Mainland in next 20 years

Airbus forecasts that the Chinese Mainland will need more

than 3,000 passenger aircraft and freighters from 2006 to 2025, including some

2,050 single aisle aircraft, nearly 600 small twin-aisle aircraft, over 200

intermediate twin-aisle aircraft and 180 very large aircraft. Some 2,650 passenger

aircraft will be required on the Chinese Mainland with a total value of US$

289 billion. The Chinese mainland passenger fleet will triple in the next 20

years, from 760 at the end of 2005, to 2,700 in 2025.