Net orders achieved totaling 1,036 aircraft – increasing backlog by 401 aircraft
Overall result: industry year-end record backlog of 6,787 aircraft
Airbus has exceeded its targets for 2015, achieving a new record of 635 aircraft deliveries for 85 customers of which 10are new. These deliveries comprise: 491 A320 Family aircraft; 103 A330s; 27 A380s; and 14 A350 XWBs. Thisproduction achievement means that Airbus' aircraft deliveries in 2015 were up for the 13th year in a row, surpassing the previous year-end delivery record of 629 aircraft – set in 2014.
Airbus also achieved 1,036 net orders from 53 customers (of which eight are new), comprising 897 single-aisle aircraftand 139 widebodies. At 2015 year-end the overall backlog had climbed to a new industry record of 6,787 aircraft valued at US$996.3 billion at list prices.
Fabrice Bregier, Airbus President and CEO said: "This commercial and industrial performance unequivocally proves thatglobal demand for our aircraft has remained resilient." He adds: "In 2015 Airbus has also laid firm foundations for thefuture, increasing the capability and variety of the aircraft which we can offer to our customers."
Overall, 2015 has been a year of solid and wide-ranging Airbus accomplishments. For example, the A320neo wascertified by the aviation authorities on both sides of the Atlantic just five years after its launch. In addition, Airbusdelivered 14 A350s – making good its pledge to the airlines who are now benefitting from the world's most efficient and advanced airliner. Important progress was also made on the A350 programme's next variant, the A350-1000 – whose major components and structures are now taking shape across various production sites. Likewise, parts are now in production for the first A330neo – with the machining of its first engine pylon and centre wing-boxcomponents. In addition, there has been good news for the flagship A380, 10 years after its first flight, with theprogramme breaking-even for the first time.
Another notable highlight was of course September's official opening of the first Airbus factory in the US, at Mobile onAlabama's Gulf Coast, where between 40 and 50 A320 Family aircraft will be produced annually by 2018. On