The European group delivered 863 aircraft in 2019, against 345 aircraft for the American Boeing.
Through Le Figaro with AFP
–Airbus announced Friday that it had delivered 863 aircraft in 2019, the highest total in its history despite production delays that forced it to lower its targets during the year, while its competitor Boeing saw its deliveries collapse following the 737 MAX crisis.
The American aircraft manufacturer, which has exceeded Airbus in terms of deliveries since 2012, has not yet released its annual figures, but had only delivered 345 airliners in the first eleven months of 2019, half as much as in 2018 over the same period. Poor results confirming a dark year for Boeing, with its global fleet of 387 737 MAX aircraft nailed to the ground since March. Two accidents in less than five months killed 346 people, which led the American group to drastically reduce its production rates.
Conversely, Airbus deliveries increased by 8% last year compared to 2018, he detailed in a press release. If Airbus has never produced so many planes over twelve months, the European aircraft manufacturer had nevertheless had to revise downwards during the year its delivery targets, a crucial indicator of profitability in aeronautics.
While he initially expected “880 to 890“Deliveries in 2019, Airbus had indicated in October that it finally planned to deliver”around 860 commercial aircraft», Against 800 in 2018. The aircraft manufacturer is indeed experiencing production difficulties linked to the ramp-up in production of the A321 ACF, a model launched in June, allowing a more flexible configuration of the cabins but more complex to produce than an A320.
Airbus also recorded 1,131 orders in 2019, including 768 net orders (excluding order cancellations or changes), he said.
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