Boeings view of the market remains the same

Boeing Confident on Jet Output, Accelerating Cost Cutting
 Plane maker says recent airline fleet changes haven't altered fundamental market view


Capt. Bruce Johnson explains the cockpit instruments of American Airlines' first Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the airline's maintenance hangar at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on April 29 in Grapevine, Texas.

Boeing Co. executives moved to reassure investors that jetliner demand remained intact as it plans further production increases alongside an expanded cost-cutting program.

Slowing economic growth in emerging economies and recent moves by two U.S. airlines to defer new aircraft buys and continue flying older planes haven't altered strong demand, Boeing Co. Chief Executive Jim McNerney said Tuesday.

"Nothing about our fundamental view of the market has changed," Mr. McNerney said at Boeing's annual investor day in Chicago.