As is traditional during the week before an air show, the news announcements have dried up somewhat. However, the just-as-traditional, pre-airshow predications are starting to emerge. The team at Wells Fargo expect more orders to be announced and derivative aircraft launches to be officially announced, specifically the 787-10 with a firm order from SIA (although SIA’s commitment for the aircraft type was announced last week). They do not expect the 777-X to be formally launched at the show.
There have been so many order during this past month that we in the Airline Economics office wonders how many new orders (eg not only confirmations of previously announced orders) there are likely to be next week. But, we should expect a few surprises to have been kept back for the show.