ʻO Airbus SAS a me Boeing Co., nā mea hoʻolālā nui ʻelua o ka honua, ke manaʻo nei e hoʻomau ka hāʻule ʻana o ka noi no ʻelua mau makahiki hou aʻe e like me ka ulu ʻana o nā mokulele ma hope o ka heleleʻi ʻana o ka huakaʻi ea.
"E lohi ka mākeke no nā kauoha hou a hiki i 2012," i ʻōlelo ai ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Airbus ʻo John Leahy ma kahi hālāwai ninaninau ma Bloomberg TV ma Singapore Air Show i nehinei. Manaʻo ka mea hoʻolālā e lanakila ma waena o 250 a me 300 mau kauoha i kēia makahiki, ʻōlelo ʻo ia. ʻO ia ke kolu o ka hāʻule pololei mai ka moʻolelo 1,458 i loaʻa i ka makahiki 2007.
Ua hoʻolōʻihi nā mea lawe i nā hoʻolālā hoʻonui a ʻoki i ka hiki ma hope o ka lele ʻana o ka huakaʻi mokulele honua i ka 3.5 pakeneka i ka makahiki i hala, ʻo ka hapa nui loa mai ke Kaua Honua II. E lilo paha ka ʻoihana i ʻekolu mau makahiki e hoʻi hou mai ka emi ʻana, e like me ka International Air Transport Association.
"He ala paʻakikī ia," wahi a ke poʻo kūʻai mokulele mokulele ʻo Boeing ʻo Randy Tinseth. "ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea, akā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaikaʻi hou aku."
Ua ʻōlelo nā mea hoʻokele me Singapore Airlines Ltd. a me Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. ke kiʻi nei nā puke mai ka haʻahaʻa o ka makahiki i hala. Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ka mea lawe moku ma Singapore i kēia pule he hikiwawe loa ke kāhea ʻana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hāʻule ʻana ma muli o ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka "ʻike maopopo ʻole" e pili ana i ka hoʻokele honua.
"ʻAʻohe kanaka i hilinaʻi maoli," wahi a Jay Ryu, he mea loiloi ma Mirae Asset Securities Co. ma Hong Kong.
Hoʻokūkū Kina
ʻO ka rebound i manaʻo ʻia i nā kauoha mokulele e hui pū me ka hoʻokūkū hou no Boeing a me Airbus ma Kina, ka mākeke huakaʻi ea wikiwiki loa o ka honua. ʻO ka mokuʻāina ʻo Commercial Aircraft Corp. o Kina he 168 noho C919, ka mokulele mua loa o ka ʻāina, no ka lele mua ʻana i ka makahiki 2012 a laila e komo i ka lawelawe ʻelua makahiki ma hope.
ʻO China Southern Airlines Co. a me Air China Ltd., ʻelua o nā mea lawe nui ʻekolu o ka lāhui, ua ʻōlelo lāua ʻelua i kēia pule e kākoʻo lākou i ka mokulele mokulele. Hoʻohana nā mea lawe i ka liʻiliʻi he 550 Boeing a me Airbus mokulele ma waena o lākou, a ke manaʻo nei ʻo Airbus e helu ka ʻāina i kahi hapakolu o nā kauoha mokulele Asia-Pākīpika ma ka ʻoihana i nā makahiki he 20 e hiki mai ana.
ʻO Bombardier Inc.'s C-Series, e lawe ana i ka nui o 149 mau mea kaʻa, no ka holo mua ʻana i ka makahiki 2012, me nā hoʻopuka i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hoʻomaka i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope. Ke manaʻo nei ka mea hoʻokele mokulele Kanada i ka ulu lohi o ka noi i kēia makahiki a ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana ma 2012.
"I ka wā e hoʻi hou ai ka ʻoihana mokulele i ka makahiki 2012, ʻo ia ka manawa e ʻike ai ʻoe i ka nui o nā kauoha e komo mai ana," wahi a Gary Scott, ka pelekikena o ka hui mokulele mokulele.
