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- Airbus received orders for 31 aircraft in January and delivered 30, bringing the backlog to 8,599 aircraft.
- Demand for the widebody A350 aircraft exceeded expectations, contributing to the strong results.
- Two customers, Delta Air Lines and Ethiopian Airlines, have ordered A350 aircraft, further increasing the backlog.
With a strong start to 2024, Airbus has received orders for 31 wide-body A350s, with 30 delivered in January. This year started much more quietly than 2023, ending with Airbus delivering 112 aircraft in December in an annual spurt towards the 2023 finish line.
In January, Airbus received orders for 31 aircraft, delivered 30 aircraft, and had a backlog of 8,599 aircraft, but as of the end of January 2023, it had received orders for 37 aircraft, delivered 20 aircraft, and received orders for 7,255 aircraft. It was left behind. In 2023, Airbus delivered and won orders for 735 commercial aircraft. It ended the year with 8,598 jets on order, with 2,319 aircraft on order (2,094 net), including 1,835 in the A320 family and 300 in the A350 family.
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Christian Scherer, CEO of Airbus Commercial Airplanes, said Airbus had initially expected the airline industry to recover from 2023 to 2025, but in addition to expected demand for single-aisle aircraft, He said stronger than expected demand for body planes boosted last year’s results.
“A big thank you to our commercial and regional teams and, importantly, a big thank you to our customers for the trust and partnership we have built with them. We’ve never sold an A350-1000. Needless to say, we welcomed seven new customers in one year.” A350-1000. Travel is back and with some serious momentum!”
It is rare for all orders in a month to be for one aircraft family, but in January there were 31 orders for A350 aircraft. These orders came from just two customers, including 20 A350-1000s from Delta Air Lines and 11 A350-900s from Ethiopian Airlines.
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The latest orders bring the A350 backlog to 652 aircraft, including 411 A350-900s, 191 A350-1000s and 50 A350F freighters. The A350-1000 airliner carries 20 carriers including well-known airlines such as Qantas, Air India, British Airways, Turkish Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Japan Airlines, and Lufthansa. customers are lining up.
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The situation on the delivery side was slightly different, with the 30 aircraft split into A220-300s, A320neos, A321neos, and A330-900s. ITA Airways and Condor Airways each received one A330-900, while JetBlue Airways and Qantas each received one A220-330.
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In January, 13 A320neos were delivered, of which three were delivered to both EasyJet and Indigo, followed by Air China, China Southern Airlines, Air India, SAS, JetSmart Chile, Chengdu Airlines, One of each was delivered to China Eastern Airlines, and some of them were procured. Via the lessor.
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Thirteen A321neos were also delivered, three to Wizz Air and two to Delta Air Lines and Spirit. One aircraft was delivered to Volaris, JetBlue, Air Astana, China Southern Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, and United Airlines, with some aircraft delivered through lease agreements.
As always, the backlog of 8,599 aircraft is dominated by 7,769 single-aisle aircraft, including 4,910 A321neos, 2,211 A320neos, 44 A319neos, and 598 A220s. The backlog for the A350 is 652, and Airbus’ report shows 178 unfulfilled orders for the A330, although some are marked with an asterisk.
