Boeing Predicts Global Passenger Traffic to Double in Next 20 Years

On November 13, 2026, Boeing Vice President of Commercial Marketing Darren Hulst predicted at the Skift Aviation Forum that global annual passenger traffic will double over the next 20 years, with emerging markets such as India growing especially rapidly. He noted that the retirement of about 2,000 aircraft has been delayed, and that fleet replacement demand and expansion demand are overlapping; supply chain stability and supplier readiness will determine whether production capacity can keep up. This is currently the only report on the event, with no other developments yet.