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Large freighters are the most rapidly expanding segment of the market, with two thirds of these aircraft deployed on the fastest growing routes from Asia to North America and Europe. This segment also experiences the highest utilisations, averaging almost 3,900 hours per aircraft, which justifies more new factory built freighters. Over the next 20 years, there will be demand for 1,096 80-tonne plus freighters.
The top 30 hubs account for 70% of the cargo demand. That concentration of cargo traffic and the growing importance of high-value, high tech commodities from Asia are driving the need for efficient, high volume aircraft in this segment. Of the 548 new factory built freighters, some 415 will be of the very large, 120-tonne plus category.
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