Airbus Delivers 566 Jets In 2020 Written 11 January 2021

Reuters reported that Airbus posted deliveries of 566 jets in 2020, making it the world’s largest planemaker. Deliveries “fell by 34% from a record posted a year earlier, when travel demand was riding high on the increasing mobility of consumers in fast-growing markets across Asia.” However, the total exceeds “estimates earlier in the year when the coronavirus crisis led to a lockdown of major travel markets.” Airbus “deliveries rose sharply in the second half of the year compared with the first months of the crisis as Airbus made a push for delivery agreements with many airlines, in some cases allowing for temporary storage, according to industry sources.”
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