How the A321 became 2023’s most important commercial aircraft

Regular readers of this site know that we focus on the Middle of the Market (MoM) a lot.  This focus is not just being opinionated.  The data support the importance of focusing on the MoM segment.  The eye-catching number that led to the title of this post is this: Through August 2023, the A321neo accounts for 24.8% of all new deliveries.  About one in four new deliveries in 2023 was an A321neo.

Using our daily delivery tracker, we have tracked new deliveries daily.  We started the tracking in January 2021. Here are data points that support our focus on this segment.