Airbus: Stunning Year For Deliveries, Sales

Airbus delivered 661* commercial aircraft to 84 customers in 2022 and registered 1,078 gross new orders. Airbus’ end December 2022 backlog stood at 7,239 aircraft.

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Since its first A300 took to the air just over 50 years ago Airbus has sold a staggering 21701 aircraft.

Guillaume Faury, Airbus Chief Executive Officer said: “In 2022 we served 84 customers with 661 deliveries, an increase of 8 per cent compared to 2021. That’s obviously less than we were targeting but given the complexity of the operating environment I want to thank the teams and our partners for the hard work and the ultimate result.”

“The significant order intake covering all our aircraft families including freighters reflects the strength and competitiveness of our product line. We continue our ramp-up trajectory to deliver on our backlog.”

Airbus said it won 1,078 new orders (820 net) across all programmes and market segments, including several high-profile commitments from some of the world’s leading carriers. Airbus recorded a net book-to-bill ratio in aircraft units significantly above one.

Per programme, the A220 won 127 firm gross new orders. The A320neo Family won 888 gross new orders. In the widebody segment, Airbus won 63 gross new orders including 19 A330s and 44 A350s of which 24 were for the newly launched A350F.

The 2022 full-year financial results will be disclosed on 16 February 2023.

For the fourth year running Airbus has outsold Boeing as shown in this graphic from the Seattle Times.

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