Boeing, heavily hit by this year by the grounding of its single-aisle 737 MAX planes, said last month it would cut production of its bigger 787 Dreamliners in late 2020 due to a drought of orders from
China, the world's second largest market by passenger air traffic.
This means over $1 billion (£772 million) less in annual cash flow starting in 2021, analysts estimate, and if demand remains weak,
Boeing could be forced to further cut the 787 production in the next few years.
A Reuters analysis of two decades' worth of Boeing and Airbus orders data shows that when the
economy weakens, orders for wide body jets, more expensive and with longer delivery times, fall more than those for smaller jets.