Our greatest concern is that the economic recovery--particularly outside the U.S., where most of the recentorders have come from--may be slower than anticipated.
Boeing was in far better shape Wednesday, topping consensus views and upping its full-year guidance thanks to a pickup in commercial airline deliveries that could continue after a batch of recentorders.
The first was the new firm's dominance of the market for large airliners, put at 70% by Boeing (on the basis of recentorders), but at 84% by the commission (on the basis of existing fleets).