As expected airbus his rival Boeing Accepted the title of world’s largest aircraft manufacturer in 2019. The European group Airbus delivered a total of 863 commercial aircraft, eight percent more than in the previous year, as the company announced on Friday evening in Toulouse.
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US rival Boeing has not yet released its annual figures, but by the end of November it had only 345 aircraft delivered. Boeing has so far not been able to hand over more than 400 finished 737 Max medium-range jets to customers, as the model is banned from flying worldwide after two fatal crashes.
It was the first time since 2011 that the Airbus was ahead of Boeing. It was also the highest delivery number in Airbus history.
Airbus should also be well ahead with new orders. The company collected orders for 768 jets in the past year after deducting cancellations, 21 more than in the previous year. By the end of November, Boeing had even more cancellations than new orders. The order backlog was 84 aircraft.
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737 Max crashes led to Boeing crisis
Boeing has been in a severe crisis since March 2019. After the two crashes with a total of 346 deaths, authorities around the world had prohibited passenger flights with the 737 Max. The aircraft is the most popular model of the US group. The type should actually account for around two-thirds of the approximately 900 commercial aircraft deliveries originally targeted. However, Boeing has long since canceled the destination and is now temporarily also stopping the production of the 737 Max. It is still open when the flight ban will be lifted.
With the development of the 737 Max as a fuel-saving new edition of the Boeing 737, Boeing had reacted to the success of the competitor model Airbus A320neo. The Americans failed to push the limits of what was technically possible and, according to previous knowledge, led to the fatal crashes.
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Airbus was also unable to meet its original delivery target in 2019. The group originally wanted to deliver 880 to 890 traffic machines, but later slashed the plan to around 860 machines. The reason for this was the new cabin equipment of the Airbus A321neo, the long version of the A320neo. The installation of the cabin requires significantly more time than previously thought.
In 2019, Airbus delivered 642 of the A320 family’s jets, 551 of them in the less fuel-saving new edition A320neo. In addition, there were 48 aircraft of the smaller type A220, which had originally been developed as the Bombardier C-Series, 112 long-range jets of the latest type A350, 53 of the older model A330 and eight double-decker A380. However, due to a lack of demand, Airbus will stop producing the giant jet in the coming year.
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