Global Market Forecast 2011-2030 - EADS

delivering
the future
If you are reading this year’s Airbus Global Market Forecast
(Passenger Aircraft Edition), there is no doubt that you are
interested in the future of civil aviation, with the majority of
you, like us, passionate about the industry and keen to play a
part in its continued positive development; not only for those
directly involved in the business, but for the billions of passengers
who today and in the future will need and have access
to its benefits.
There is no denying aviation’s importance in terms of social
and economic growth and the huge strides it has taken in
a very short space of time, in terms of supply in the form
of deliveries, but also environmentally, with each aircraft for
example 70% more fuel efficient than just forty years ago. Its
value to the modern world was emphasised recently with the
rapid recovery of passenger traffic following the worst financial
crisis experienced for decades, a resilience that was also in
evidence following prior economic cycles.
As well as this more traditional, detailed publication, we have
also produced a pocket guide this year in a simple format,
in order to make it easier for you to access the information
contained in the forecast, a document available through
our website: www.airbus.com. Our detailed forecast for the
freight market will be published separately in future, reflecting
its importance to Airbus and the industry.
In producing the 2011 GMF, it became clear that there are four
key messages that it would be useful to highlight by means
of an introduction which are set forth in the first pages of this
guide-welcome aboard !
Your Airbus forecasting team
www.airbus.com/gmf