????關(guān)于全球航空業(yè)的未來(lái)，這大概是你能見(jiàn)到的最大膽直白的預(yù)測(cè)了。

????亞洲首富、香港億萬(wàn)富豪李嘉誠(chéng)控股的長(zhǎng)江實(shí)業(yè)集團(tuán)有限公司（Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd）準(zhǔn)備豪擲約20億美元，打造一支擁有60架客機(jī)的機(jī)隊(duì)，以此為前景光明的亞洲航空公司提供飛機(jī)租賃服務(wù)。

????在向香港聯(lián)合交易所（Hong Kong Stock Exchange）提交的文件中，長(zhǎng)江實(shí)業(yè)表示將購(gòu)買45架飛機(jī)，同時(shí)與日本的三菱商事株式會(huì)社（Mitsubishi Corp）組建合資企業(yè)，并持有60%的股份。

????所購(gòu)置的飛機(jī)將來(lái)自多個(gè)賣家，包括通用電氣公司（General Electric Co）旗下的商用飛機(jī)租賃金融航空服務(wù)公司GE Capital Aviation Services Ltd。

????此舉顯然是押注中國(guó)航空客運(yùn)業(yè)的長(zhǎng)期發(fā)展前景。根據(jù)國(guó)際航空運(yùn)輸協(xié)會(huì)（International Air Traffic Association）估計(jì)，未來(lái)20年全球的航空客運(yùn)量將翻一番，達(dá)到73億人次，其中主要客流來(lái)自中國(guó)，預(yù)計(jì)中國(guó)的航空客運(yùn)量年均增長(zhǎng)率將達(dá)到5.6%。

????國(guó)際航空運(yùn)輸協(xié)會(huì)還預(yù)測(cè)，中國(guó)將在2030年之前超越美國(guó)，成為全球最大的航空市場(chǎng)；到2034年，中國(guó)每年的客流量將達(dá)到13億人次，領(lǐng)先于美國(guó)的12億人次。

????路透社（Reuters）報(bào)道，長(zhǎng)江實(shí)業(yè)還在與私募股權(quán)基金公司洽談飛機(jī)收購(gòu)事宜，其中包括泰豐資本（Terra Firma）旗下的租賃公司AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd，該筆交易所涉金額甚至更高，達(dá)50億美元左右。

????波音公司（Boeing Corp.）和空中客車（Airbus）同樣認(rèn)為，亞洲的需求將在中期范圍內(nèi)迎來(lái)快速增長(zhǎng)，未來(lái)20年該市場(chǎng)的總銷售額有望達(dá)到4.4萬(wàn)億美元至5.2萬(wàn)億美元。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：南風(fēng)

????審校：Patti

????It’s as bold a statement on the future of global air travel as you could wish to see.

????Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd, controlled by Asia’s richest man, Hong Kong-based billionaire Li Ka-Shing, is to pay around $2 billion to build a fleet of some 60 airliners that it will lease to the continent’s up-and-coming airlines.

????In a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Cheung Kong said it will buy 45 aircraft outright and buy a 60% stake in joint venture with an arm of Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp.

????The planes are being bought from a variety of sellers including General Electric Co’sGE 0.47% GE Capital Aviation Services Ltd.

????The move is a play on the long-term outlook for Chinese air passenger growth. The International Air Traffic Association expects global air passenger numbers to double within 20 years to 7.3 billion, mainly due to China, where numbers will grow by an average rate of 5.6% a year.

????By the IATA’s estimate, China will overtake the U.S. as the world’s biggest air travel market by 2030, and have 1.3 billion passengers a year by 2034, ahead of the U.S.’s 1.2 billion.

????Reuters reported that Cheung Kong is also in talks to buy aircraft being sold by private equity firms including Terra Firma-owned lessor AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd, in an even bigger deal worth about $5 billion.

????Both Boeing Corp. BA -0.71% and Airbus also expect rapid growth in demand from Asia over the medium term, seeing total sales over the next 20 years of between $4.4 trillion and $5.2 trillion.