Boeing expects aircraft investors to keep pace with record demand

Boeing reports that financiers plan to add to their aircraft portfolio investments as global large aircraft manufacturers head toward expected record aircraft deliveries in 2014 estimated at $112 billion. Based on pre-event polling at the company’s events for financiers and investors so far this year, an average of 70 percent of banks and financial institutions working in the aviation sector are looking to increase aircraft investments, said Kostya Zolotusky, managing director for capital markets development and leasing at Boeing Capital Corporation. “Even factoring in current production rates by the major aircraft manufacturers, the global jetliner market is relatively tight today