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Airbus books almost US$70 billion at Paris airshow

written by australianaviation.com.au | June 21, 2013

A British Airways A380 at the Paris Airshow. (Andrew McLaughlin)

As the trade days at the 2013 Paris airshow conclude, Airbus has announced US$68.7 billion worth of business for a total of 466 aircraft, in what the manufacturer says shows the resilience of the commercial aviation industry. The deals comprise memoranda of understanding for 225 aircraft worth US$29.4 billion and firm purchase orders for 241 aircraft worth US$39.3 billion.

The A320 family continues its success in the single-aisle market with 371 orders and commitments from six customers announced at the show. Of these, 88 were for the A320 current model aircraft. easyJet announced orders for 100 A320neos plus 35 A320ceos while Lufthansa firmed-up 100 more aircraft. Additional A320 orders and commitments came from Hong Kong Aviation Capital for 60; ILFC for 50; Spirit for 20; and Tunisia’s Syphax Airlines for three – significantly the first A320neo commitment from Africa.

The A350 gained 69 more orders & commitments from four customers. Air France-KLM placed a firm order for 25 A350-900s. Meanwhile, Singapore Airlines, already a large customer for the type, returned to order 30 more A350-900s; United Airlines also placed an additional A350 order for 10 A350-1000s — not only bringing its total A350 orders to 35, but also upgrading its previous order for 25 A350-900s to the larger A350-1000 model to replace its Boeing 777s. In addition, Sri Lankan signed a commitment for four A350-900s to complement an order for six A330-300s at the show.

The flagship A380 received a commitment for 20 aircraft from the world’s third largest wide-body lessor, Doric Lease Corp. The contract with Doric is significant as it opens up a new, additional route to market for the A380, which is now available to airlines that wish to acquire the aircraft under the flexibility of an operating lease agreement.

Airbus’s chief operating officer customers, John Leahy, said: “The dramatic rainfall and thunder storms at Le Bourget this year didn’t dampen our order intake.” He added: “Our A350 has been out-selling the 787 by better than 2- to-1 over the last five years. In addition our A320neo family retains a 60 per cent market share.”

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Comments (4)

  • Raymond

    says:

    Wow – and I thought the global economy was struggling, but the big $$$ aircraft orders keep rolling in!

  • NJP

    says:

    The A380 looks good in BA colors – much better than what MAS did with theirs.

    I wonder what orders Boeing booked for comparison to AIRBUS Any 787-10 orders?

  • John Harrison

    says:

    Good to see there is money around for new aircraft purchase’s What did Boeing sell while at the show ?
    As someone else said the AB380 looks good in BA Colours, but I would have liked to have seen those colours
    on a B747-8I shame they went to Airbus.

  • Hastings

    says:

    the BA livery on the A380 looks ok, but no airline has managed to fully solve the A380’s “bald guy” appearance. Maybe Airbus can propose some black outline paint around the cockpit windows like on their new A350? Extending that paint line higher up to the upper deck would really help.

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