Aircraft orders and deliveries - AIN

January 16, 2017

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Airbus Sets New Delivery Record, Meets Sales Goal for 2016 On the day Airbus handed over the first A321 of a landmark 100-aircraft order for a mix of single-aisle and widebody aircraft to Iran Air, Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Fabrice Brégier revealed that the airframer delivered a record number of 688 aircraft during the year, including 111 in December alone, and expects the figure to top 700 in 2017. The figure, announced Wednesday, represents the 14th year-on-year increase in annual deliveries. Among the deliveries was Airbus’s 10,000th aircraft, an A350XWB for Singapore Airlines. During 2016 Airbus received 731 net orders, ending the year with a backlog of 6,874 aircraft worth more than $1 trillion including 72 A320s ordered on December 30 by India’s GoAir but not revealed until January 11. “We are essentially sold out [on single-aisle aircraft] until 2021,” reported Airbus Commercial Aircraft COO for customers John Leahy. Although orders declined from 2015, and forecasts point to no improvement this year, Leahy noted that cycles naturally exist and that deliveries could continue to increase due to the size of the backlog until the order cycle picks up again. Airbus has maintained its market share lead over Boeing, claiming 53 percent overall. Read More

Malaysia Airlines To Order 25 Widebodies In 2017 Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has returned to expansion mode and plans to order 25 widebody aircraft by the end of the year, according to chief executive Peter Bellew. Fifteen of the new batch of airplanes would replace the existing fleet of 15 leased Airbus A330-300s, while the other 10 aircraft would allow for expansion. Bellew told AIN in an interview that the order competition pits either the Airbus A330neo or A330-300 against the Boeing 787. Delivery would start in the third quarter of 2018 and run through 2023, during about the same time as the existing A330-300s' leases expire. Read More

Iran Air Takes Delivery of Its First New Airbus Iran Air took delivery of the first of 100 new Airbus airliners on order, an A321, during a January 11 handover ceremony in Toulouse attended by Iran Air chairman and CEO Farhad Parvaresh, Airbus COO Fabrice Bregier and Airbus CEO Tom Enders. The order, placed in December, covers 46 A320 family jets, 38 A330s and 16 A350 XWBs. “This significant milestone marks the first practical step in Iran Air’s ambitious passenger aircraft fleet renewal and its stronger presence in international civil aviation,” said Parvaresh. “Today signals that with international collaboration and cooperation, we can achieve mutually beneficial commercial goals.” Read More