Airbus Updates No. 4242

 Airbus February 2024 orders & deliveries

February 2024 has been a slow month for Airbus when talking about the number of orders received. In total, only two orders were logged. There were no cancellations and the manufacturer was able to deliver 49 new aircraft.

Ordered were:

• 2 A350-900s by an Undisclosed customer

Delivered were:

• 1 A220-300 to AirBaltic
• 1 A321neo to Air Busan
• 1 A320neo to Air Corsica
• 4 A320neos to Air India
• 1 A320neo to Avianca
• 1 A320neo to Azores Airlines
• 2 A220-300s to Breeze Airways
• 1 A350-1000 to British Airways
• 1 A320neo to Brussels Airlines
• 1 A330neo to Cebu Pacific
• 1 A320neo to China Southern Airlines
• 1 A330neo to Condor
• 1 A220-300 to Delta Air Lines
• 2 A321neos to Delta Air Lines
• 2 A320neos to easyJet
• 1 A321neo to Eurowings
• 1 A320neo to flynas
• 3 A321neos to Frontier Airlines
• 1 A321neo to HK Express
• 4 A320neos to IndiGo
• 1 A321neo to ITA Airways
• 2 A220-300s to JetBlue Airways
• 1 A321neo to JetBlue Airways
• 1 A320neo to SAS
• 1 A320neo to Spirit Airlines
• 1 A321neo to Spirit Airlines
• 1 A321neo to Turkish Airlines
• 1 A350-900 to Turkish Airlines
• 1 A321neo to United Airlines
• 1 A321neo to VietJet
• 2 A321neos to Volaris
• 3 A321neos to Wizz Air
• 2 A321neos to Xiamen Airlines

So far, Airbus has received 33 orders in 2024, no cancellations, and delivered 79 aircraft

Airbus Updates No.3646

Indonesia Ministry of Defence orders two Airbus A400Ms

Dubai, 18 November 2021 – The Indonesia Ministry of Defence has placed an order for two Airbus A400M aircraft in multirole tanker and transport configuration.

The contract, which will become effective in 2022, will bring the total number of A400M operators to ten nations. The agreement includes a complete maintenance and training support package. A Letter of Intent was also signed for the future acquisition of four additional A400M aircraft.

”This new order will further expand the A400M footprint in the Asia-Pacific region. The A400M offers outstanding capabilities to Indonesia, providing its air force with the perfect platform to deliver large and heavy loads into remote areas and multiplying its airpower projection thanks to reliable aerial refuelling capabilities,” said Michael Schoellhorn, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space.

Capable of operating from rough and short runways, the A400M will strengthen the Indonesian Air Force’s airlift capabilities to rapidly respond to any crisis, demonstrated in the aftermath of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the country in 2018. The A400M was the first large airlifter able to deliver heavy loads like fuel trucks and excavators as well as food, clothes and medical supplies using a damaged and short runway in Palu (Central Sulawesi, Indonesia).

“The A400M is a truly multi-role platform and will greatly enhance the Indonesian Air Force’s tactical air-to-air capabilities. This aircraft will play a key role in other key missions including paratrooping and heavy cargo transportation. We are also looking at additional A400M acquisition in the near term, with future A400M developments such as firefighting an important capability we are exploring jointly with Airbus. The A400M will become a national asset and the cornerstone for Human Assistance and Disaster Response missions, beyond its tactical and air-to-air capabilities,” said Prabowo Subianto, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia.

The A400M can carry heavy and outsize loads across strategic distances, deliver these into tactical locations, while offering the added aerial refuelling capability. An ideal solution to meet air forces’ multirole tanker and transport aircraft requirements.

With the ability to fly fast and at high and extremely low altitudes, the A400M is the ideal platform for refuelling fighter and other major aircraft by means of two underwing refuelling pods. Its built-in air-to-air refuelling capability allows rapid reconfiguration as a tanker, making it easily adaptable to changing operational scenarios and missions. This adaptability is unique to the A400M, which can itself also be refuelled in flight.

Airbus Updates No.3635

 

Fifth A400M for Belgian Air Force

On 10 November 2021, the Belgische Luchtmacht (BAF, Belgian Air Force) received her fifth Airbus A400M. The new transporter, serial CT05 (construction number 116), arrived at Melsbroek air base in the late afternoon.

Eight Airbus A400Ms were ordered with Airbus Defence and Space for use with 15th Wing Air Transport. The first aircraft, serial CT01, is owned by Luxembourg,  is painted in Luxembourg Armed Forces colours and was delivered on 7 October 2020. It is operated by the 15th Wing at Melsbroek. The first Belgian A400M, serial CT02, was delivered on 22 December 2020.

So still three to go ...

Airbus Updates No.563

Airbus Sees At Least 30 A380 Deliveries In 2012

December 17, 2011

  Airbus will deliver at least 30 A380 superjumbos in 2012 after meeting its target for at least 25 in 2011, chief operating officer Fabrice Bregier said in remarks published on Friday.

Bregier was speaking to a closed meeting of analysts in London after the European plane maker delivered its 24th A380 for 2011 to Australia's Qantas late on Thursday.

Airbus had previously predicted more than 25 A380 deliveries in 2012. Airlines pay on delivery for most of the value of the aircraft, which sells for USD$375 million at list prices before discounts typically available to customers.

The A380, which went severely off schedule and financial target due to production problems in 2005 and 2006, is expected to make an operating profit before R&D in 2015, based on a euro at USD$1.35, Bregier said, according to a slide presentation.

He said Airbus had reduced airframe production costs on the world's largest airliner to a level equivalent to 65 on an index where 100 represents the costs in 2009, according to a copy of the presentation issued online. EADS said it would issue a recording of this and other speeches after the two-day event.

The index is expected to fall to 62 in 2012 and 61 in 2013.

Bregier is expected to become chief executive of the world's largest commercial plane maker when key mandates come up for renewal in 2012, with the current chief executive Tom Enders stepping up to run parent EADS.
Bregier said another aircraft that has seen significant production problems, the Airbus A400M military airlifter, would receive its safety certification in the second quarter of 2012.

The first European troop and heavy cargo transporter is on the assembly line and will be delivered to the French Air Force in March 2013 as agreed with purchasing nations, Airbus said. The aircraft is around four years late due to engine problems.