Narrowbody aircraft deliveries to plunge 20% over next three years - Ascend

Narrowbody aircraft deliveries to airlines worldwide could be down by as much as 20% over the next three years, due to the effects of the global economic downturn, according to Ascend's new Global Fleet Forecaster. Ascend is not predicting a return to growth in jet deliveries until 2012, as airlines hasten the phase-out of the older generation aircraft types amid the downturn.