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years, with domestic China and intra-Asia markets
expanding 6.2 percent and 5.5 percent respectively."
CAVOK's Smiley puts these numbers in perspective:
"The middle class [in China] is the size of the entire
U.S. population. So as that middle class continues to
increase their spending that will drive a lot of growth."
AIRCRAFT/MARKET MATCH
Drill deeper into that growth and route sectors emerge,
some requiring different types of aircraft. In its latest
report (2015) Boeing tallied:
• A 1.9 percent air cargo growth worldwide;
• Plus 6.5 percent growth from Asia to North America;
• Plus 6.5 percent growth from Europe to Asia;
• A modest plus 1.3 percent intra-Asia;
• Moderate 1.8 percent growth from Europe to North
America;
• A plus 2.5 percent rise in intra-North America cargo
traffic;
• A plus 4.9 percent hike in domestic China air cargo;
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working a
Boeing 737
passenger
to freighter
conversion.