Credit: REUTERS/Regis DuvignauBRUSSELS, March 3 (Reuters) - Executives from planemakers Airbus AIR.PA and Boeing BA.N said on Tuesday that it was too early to say whether the outbreak of a new coronavirus would affect demand for aircraft.
Christian Scherer, chief commercial officer of Airbus AIR.PA, told an industry conference in Brussels that the coronavirus could cause an adjustment to demand for aircraft but it would not be large-scale.
"The violent cyclicality seen in the 1980s is no longer there," Scherer said.
Ihssane Mounir, senior vice-president, commercial sales and market at Boeing Commercial Airplanes BA.N said that coronavirus had put discussions with Chinese customers on hold.
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