Bye bye Boeing

also be used to expand Transavia France’s fleet. At the same time, the French group is signing a letter of intent for the purchase of four A350 freighters, with a further four as options, all for Air France. Ben Smith, the group’s chairman, said: “These purchase orders position our group on the path to improved service and reduced CO2 emissions. This is a major step that will allow us to operate the best aircraft available.” icantly. This is the forecast of the CentRE Automotive Research (CAR) in a new study.

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According to the study, sales of pure electric cars and plug­in hybrids will halve in the next two years. Instead of 720,000 new cars with batteries, the industry will only be able to deliver 484,000 vehicles in 2023 and only 363,000 units in 2024.

The market share of electric cars, measured in terms of new registrations, could plummet from currently 27 to 12 per cent.