THE MONTH IN REVIEW: NOVEMBER 2017
During November, the order book for Airbus’ best-selling A320 Family increased by 45 jetliners, while 74 aircraft were delivered to international customers from all of the company’s current-production single-aisle and widebody product lines.
The new business in November involved 30 single-aisle A320neo and 15 A321neo aircraft for CDB Aviation Lease Finance (CDB Aviation), adding to this lessor’s previous bookings of 45 A320 Family’s NEO versions.
Taking the month’s order from CDB Aviation into account, Airbus’ overall net orders for the first 11 months of 2017 totalled 333 jetliners.
November’s deliveries were for 37 customers, composed of 54 single-aisle A320 Family aircraft (including 22 A320neo/A321neo versions), along with 20 widebody jetliners: five A330-300s, 11 A350-900s and four A380s. Deliveries underscored Airbus’ continued production ramp-up for the A350 XWB, which is to reach a monthly rate of 10 in 2018, with deliveries in November including the initial A350-900 for Malaysia Airlines (operated on lease from Air Lease Corporation).
As of 30 November, Airbus’ overall backlog of jetliners remaining to be delivered stood at 6,616 aircraft – representing the equivalent of approximately nine years of production at current rates.
| A300/A310 | Single aisle | A330/A340/A350 | A380 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total orders | 816 | 13353 | 2929 | 317 | 17415 |
| Total deliveries | 816 | 7874 | 1888 | 221 | 10799 |
| Backlog | 0 | 5479 | 1041 | 96 | 6616 |
| Aircraft in operation | 323 | 7527 | 1761 | 221 | 9832 |
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