Boeing: Global Freighter Fleet to Exceed 4,000 Airplanes as Air Cargo Traffic Doubles by 2045
Boeing projects global air cargo traffic will double over the next 20 years, growing the worldwide freighter fleet 67% from 2,395 airplanes in 2025 to 4,010 by 2045. The 2026 World Air Cargo Forecast calls for roughly 2,930 new and converted freighters over two decades, driven by e-commerce, AI hardware shipments, and supply-chain diversification.
Key figures
- Fleet growth pct
- 67%
- Freighter fleet 2025
- 2395
- Freighter fleet 2045
- 4010
- Air cargo revenue 2025
- approximately $170 billion
- Air cargo traffic growth
- 3.5% annually over next two decades
- Asia share of trade flows
- approximately 60%
- Projected deliveries 20yr
- 2930
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