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Boeing set to lead Southeast Asia charge
- Published: 15/02/2012 at 02:30 AM
- Newspaper section: Business
Southeast Asia will be the Asia-Pacific region to lead growth in global demand for new aircraft over the next two decades, says the US plane maker Boeing.
A Boeing 787 lands at Suvarnabhumi Airport last Thursday ahead of its exhibition at the Singapore Airshow on Saturday.
The region's economic growth, expanding at least 5-6% a year over the next 20 years, and the proliferation of low-cost carriers will drive demand for new aeroplanes, said Ralph Boyce, president of Boeing Southeast Asia.
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- Writer: Boonsong Kositchotethana
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