Airbus was close to delivering 560 aircraft to customers in 2020. Insiders report this to Bloomberg news agency. The final number delivered before midnight on December 31st must be determined by means of an audit.

A year earlier, in 2019, the aircraft manufacturer handed over 863 to customers. The past year can nevertheless be regarded as a success, given that air traffic has fallen sharply as a result of the outbreak of the corona pandemic.

Over the past two decades, Boeing and Airbus have been very evenly matched, but since 2019 it is not even exciting anymore due to the flight ban of the 737 MAX. In addition, Boeing is struggling with quality issues in the production of the 787.

This year it will be exciting. Although the overall production level at Airbus remains higher, Boeing still has hundreds of MAXs on the factory premises waiting to be delivered. To what extent that actually happens also depends on the recovery of aviation.

--- DB4 - Dec.21 2020
* Origin: AVIATION ECHO HQ (2:292/854)