Airbus 2012 Performance Airbus delivered a company record of 588 aircraft to 89 customers (17 new) and exceeded its order target of 65...
Airbus 2012 Performance
Airbus delivered a company record of 588 aircraft to 89 customers (17 new) and exceeded its order target of 650 by winning 914 gross orders.
These orders include 305 CEO, 478 NEO,
82 A330/A340s, 40 A350 XWB and nine A380s.
Airbus’ backlog sets a new industry-wide record of 4,682 aircraft valued at over US$638 billion.
Deliveries were 10 per cent higher than the 2011 record (534) and 2012 was the 11th year in a row of increased production.
In single aisles, Airbus set a new record of 455 deliveries (421 in 2011).
Widebody deliveries reached a record 103 aircraft (87 in 2011), underlining the success of the A330 Family which is being produced at the highest monthly production rates ever (9.5 in 2012 rising to 10 in Spring 2013).
The A380 delivery target of 30 was achieved setting a new company record for the type (26 in 2011).
Airbus’ share of total aircraft sales by value (above 100 seats) in 2012, is 41 per cent gross (41.5 per cent net). Net orders reached 833 aircraft worth US$96 billion.
These include 739 A320 Family aircraft taking Airbus past the 9000th single aisle order. Of these, 478 are NEO, confirming its over 62 per cent market dominance since launch.
In the widebody market, 58 A330s and 27 A350 XWB were ordered.
Boeing booked 1,203 net commercial airplane orders in 2012, the second-largest number in company history. The company also delivered 601 airplanes, the most since 1999.
Boeing's unfilled commercial airplane orders at the end of the year stood at 4,373, the most in company history.
The 737 program broke the record for orders for any Boeing model in a single year, accumulating 1,124 net orders.
The 737 MAX – the new engine variant of the best-selling 737 – recorded 914 of those orders, bringing total orders to date to 1,064. In addition, the Next-Generation 737 set a new single-year record with 415 deliveries to customers worldwide.
The 737 program also celebrated its 10,000th order in 2012.
The year 2012 began with the five-continent 787 Dream Tour and ended with 11 787 deliveries in December to seven customers. To date, 49 787s have been delivered to eight customers.
The 777, which totaled 83 deliveries in 2012 and surpassed 1,000 since launch, won 68 net orders.
With 31 deliveries in 2012, the 747-8 Intercontinental and Freighter have received positive reviews from customers.
