Aviation connections support commerce and business, governments and education while air cargo provide essential services, carrying 35 % of world trade by value, including assistance for global health systems. Also: People want and need to connect. Transnational communities (over 270m people today) have constantly grown and will continue to grow further. Aviation is the only means to connect people and goods rapidly and efficiently.

2021-2040

In the next 20 years, Airbus forecasts that the demand for new aircraft will progressively shift from fleet growth to accelerated replacement of older, less fuel-efficient aircraft. This will mean a need for over 39,000 new passenger and freighter aircraft, delivered over the next 20 years - around 15,250 of these will be for replacement of older less fuel efficient models..

The demand for new aircraft includes around 29,700 Small aircraft like the A220 and A320 Families, as well as about 5,300 in the Medium aircraft category such as the A321XLR and the A330neo. In the Large segment, covered by the A350, a need for some 4,000 deliveries is expected by 2040.