Airbus shares soared last Friday after the result of its delivery schedule was known.
In the first half of 2021, Airbus delivered a total of 297 aircraft. This represents an increase of 51% compared to the same period in 2020, which was greatly affected by blockades and border closures due to the pandemic. Between January and June of last year, Airbus had delivered 196 aircraft. In the first half of 2019, 389 new planes left for their new owners.
Among the shipments in the first half of this year is Jetsmart’s seventh A320neo, which was delivered to its owner in January, and the three A350s delivered simultaneously to Singapore Airlines in April.
As a result of this news, the shares of Airbus, the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer, rose 4.3% this Friday.
On the other hand, Airbus obtained 165 orders in the first half. Once cancellations are computed, this number drops to 38 orders, including the recently announced record order from United Airlines.
Deliveries by model
Deliveries between January and May were as follows:
- Narrow-body aircraft
- 3 A220-100s and 18 A220-200s
- 2 A319s, one from the ceo and the other from the neo family
- 125 A320neos, 15 A321ceos and 95 A321neos
- Wide-body aircraft
- 1 A330-200 (A330ceo family)
- 1 A330-800 and 5 A330-900s (A330neo family)
- 27 A350-900s and 3 A350-1000s were delivered
- 2 A380s
