Airbus sets records in orders, deliveries, and backlog

Airbus exceeded commercial targets in 2013, achieving a new record of 626 aircraft deliveries (493 A320 family aircraft, 108 A330, and 25 A380) to 93 customers (15 new) and a new industry record of 1,619 gross orders (377 A320ceo, 876 A320neo, 77 A330, 239 A350 XWB, and 50 A380) beating the previous record in 2011 by 11 aircraft. The year was also Airbus’ most valuable gross order intake (List price US$ 240.5 billion). By year end, the backlog had climbed to an industry wide record of 5,559 aircraft, valued at US$ 809 billion at list prices, or 8 years production.

 

Aircraft deliveries in 2013 were up for the 12th year in a row, beating the initial target and surpassing the previous record set in 2012 (588) by an additional 38 aircraft.

 

During the year, the A320neo surpassed 2,600 orders while strong sales of the A320ceo continued with more than 1,000 sold since the NEO was launched. The A350 XWB had significant commercial breakthroughs especially with a first order from Japan, and the A380 had 50 new orders.

 

The A350 XWB saw its first flight in 2013. Test flights are progressing, with two aircraft having accomplished over 800 flight hours. Certification is targeted for Q3 and entry into service for Q4 2014. The A330 new longer range and regional variants were launched, A330 production reached a new record high of rate 10 per month, and single aisle remained stable at rate 42.

 

In 2013, Airbus Military delivered 31 aircraft including seven A330 MRTT and two A400M for the French Air Force.

 

“I thank the Airbus teams for these great achievements. The transformation of our company into a simpler, more agile and faster one is clearly taking shape. We are producing aircraft at all-time-highs and selling our market leading products at record levels,” said Fabrice Bregier, Airbus President and CEO. 

 

 In a separate announcement, the company released new aircraft list prices for 2014: Airbus has increased the average list prices of its aircraft by 2.6% across the product line. The new pricing is effective from Jan. 1, 2014. The 2.6% price increase has been calculated according to Airbus’ standard escalation formula over the January 2013 to January 2014 period.

 

2014 Average list prices, in millions of U.S. dollars:

A318              71.9

A319              85.8

A319neo            94.4

A320              93.9

A320neo           102.8

A321             110.1

A321neo           120.5

A330-200   221.7

A330-200 F       224.8

A330-300     245.6

A350-800   260.9

A350-900     295.2

A350-1000     340.7

A380             414.4