The month in review: March 2020
Airbus logged net orders in March for 21 commercial aircraft (60 gross orders) from its A320 and A350 XWB product lines. During the month, 36 deliveries were made from the A220, A320, A330 and A350 XWB aircraft families.
New single-aisle business was led by a purchase finalisation by AerCap for 50 A320neo Family aircraft, involving 25 A320neo and 25 A321neo versions.
March’s widebody order involved an A350 XWB acquisition of 10 A350-900s by one undisclosed customer.
By 31 March, before cancellations, Airbus’ gross orders in 2020 totalled 356 aircraft.
Business in March brings the overall total orders logged by Airbus since its creation to 20,398 commercial aircraft, which includes 15,563 A320 Family aircraft, 1,819 A330s, 930 A350 XWBs, 642 A220s and 251 A380s.
In March, 30 A320 Family aircraft (composed of 29 NEO versions and one in the CEO configuration); plus two A220s, were delivered. For Airbus widebody aircraft, three A350 XWBs were provided in the A350-900 configuration; along with one A330ceo.
Among the month’s notable deliveries was the first A320neo delivered to Drukair, Bhutan’s national carrier. AIR BUSAN, the low-cost subsidiary of South Korea’s Asiana Airlines, received its first A321LR and became the first operator of the type in East Asia.
Airbus’ backlog of aircraft remaining to be delivered as of 31 March stood at 7,650, comprised of 6,220 A320 Family aircraft, 529 A220s, 323 A330s, 569 A350 XWBs and nine A380s.
| A300/A310 | A220/A320 | A330/A340/A350 | A380 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total orders | 816 |
16205 | 3126 | 251 | 20398 |
| Total deliveries | 816 |
9456 | 2234 |
242 | 12748 |
| Aircraft in fleet | 300 | 8964 | 2033 | 240 | 11537 |
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