Airbus improves its market share in Latin America

On day 1 of the Dubai Airshow

, Indigo Partners stole the show by going shopping big again. The investment fund announced an order for 255 Airbus A321neo’s and XLRs, including several going to Volaris and JetSMART in Mexico and Chile. With this order, Airbus improves its market share in Latin America. 

Airbus dominance in Latin America

Neither the Brazilian Embraer nor the American Boeing has a firm grip on the Latin American aviation market. Instead, the European Airbus does. Nearly 60% of the region’s fleet was built by Airbus and has more than 71% of the backlog.