Sending out this chart today, Airbus claims to be the winner in the annual orders race once again. When taking a more detailed look at the numbers, note that just over 85% of these sales are for the A320. The A330 is another bright spot at 6.3% of orders. The A380 accounted for 1.3% of annual sales – a number that understates the value of these sales.
Overall single aisle sales accounted for 91% of sales. The A321 saw a good jump in orders of 109 – but this is only 7.4% of single aisle orders. The A318 saw a net -3 while the A319 scored 19 orders. Clearly the big story here is the success of the neo. Without doubt 2011 was the year of the neo.
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Start My Test Flight →In the twin aisle segment (A330, A340 A350) the A340 had no orders, and while the A330 did well, the A350 had a net loss of 31. Among the A350 cancellations the A350-900 saw 61% of the cancellations. The increase in A380 orders should have been much better – there were 29 orders but ten cancellations.
Airbus has 12 new customers on its list. That’s a 19% growth in customer base.
When looking at deliveries Airbus provided the following chart.
Of the deliveries, 78.8% were single aisle – compare this to the 91% among the orders. The A320 accounted for 73% of deliveries compared to 85.9% of orders. Clearly the A320 is Airbus’ “bread and butter” program. The A330 generated 87 deliveries (16%) and the A380 26 (5%). We anticipate Airbus will at least match the A320 and A330 deliveries in 2012, but do better on A380 deliveries.
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Not listed among the 12 new customers is American Airliner. Their 100 A321 order was cancelled. What gives?