Airbu"™ new business in May was paced by 16 bookings for widebody A350 XWB and A330 jetliners, with orders logged as well for nine single-aisle A320 Family aircraft. A total of 51 deliveries were made during the month from Airbu"™ A320, A330 and A350 XWB product lines.
Leading the sales activity was a transaction for 15 A350-900s from an undisclosed customer. Separately, one A330-200 was ordered for conversion into the Multi-Role Tanker/Transport (MRTT) version by Airbus for a military customer.
Deliveries in May involved 41 A320 Family jetliners (including 22 in the NEO configuration), along with seven A350-900s and three A330-200s/A330-300s. Based on the month"™s deliveries, five carriers became new operators of A320neo/A321neo aircraft (Iberia, Jazeera Airways, Loong Air, Philippine Airlines and Royal Brunei Airlines), while OpenSkies joined the list of A330 operators.
With May’s orders and deliveries activity taken into account, net orders logged by Airbus during the first five months of 2018 totalled 111 jetliners. As of 31 May, Airbus’ overall backlog of jetliners remaining to be deliverered stood at 7,153 aircraft, representing approximately nine years of production at current rates.
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In addition to orders, deliveries and aircraft in operations, this table shows Airbus’ backlog, which is the number of jetliners on firm order that remain to be delivered.
For a full listing, utilise the link underneath the summary table to download the latest Excel file "“ which is updated monthly and lists all firm commercial aircraft transactions, including the family of Airbus executive and private aviation jetliners.
