Airbus upbeat over growth plans

Airbus issued on the 7 February 2008 an optimistic forecast for future growth in air travel and demand for new aircraft despite the growing environmental pressures on the industry and increasing congestion at leading hub airports.

BBC News, 7.2.08: Airbus predicts air travel boom http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7232404.stm

Airbus: Press release, 7.2.08: Airbus foresees demand for some 24,300 aircraft in the next 20 years. http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/08_02_07_airbus_forecast_2008.html

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