39,210 new aircraft to be delivered in the next twenty years, to accommodate 8 billion passengers on board, twice as much as in 2019. This was the vision of Airbus in its latest study published in September 2019. This was before the Covid-19. The pandemic has called everything into question. Air traffic collapsed by 90%. Airliners are grounded. The Iata (International Air Transport Association) estimates that one billion passengers will miss this year. Unheard of for aeronautics, which had always been resilient to crises. “ The Covid-19 combines all the effects of previous crises (terrorist attacks of 2001, Sras in 2003, financial crisis of 2008) by causing a global health crisis which leads to a travel ban, a crisis of confidence and an economic crisis“, We analyze at Airbus.
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Suddenly, between 80% and 90% of orders from the European giant may be delayed and demand for new aircraft contracts. " Between 2020 and 2025,
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