Airbus, Boeing execs say too early to gauge coronavirus impact on aircraft demand

BRUSSELS, March 3 (Reuters) - Executives from planemakers
Airbus and Boeing 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
, 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 said that
coronavirus had put discussions with Chinese customers on hold.
(Reporting by Tim Hepher and Sarah Young; editing by Alistair
Smout)