Air TransportAirbus recovered from a slow start in deliveries and sent 71 commercial aircraft to its customers in March. With this, the European planemaker surpassed Boeing for the year and once again led deliveries with 136 against 130 commercial jets.
After delivering only 65 aircraft in the first two months of 2025, Airbus managed to unlock its production and shipped 10 A220s, 52 A320neos, two A330neos and six A350s last month.
The manufacturer’s most successful aircraft, the A321neo, had 34 aircraft delivered, followed by the A320neo with 18 jets. The A220-300 had nine other aircraft delivered, while the A350-900 had six widebodies sent to operators.
The delivery schedule was completed by two A330-900s, one for Cebu Pacific and another for CIT Leasing, and the first A220-100 of the year, for ITA Airways.
Despite the performance, Airbus is still behind the 2024 figures, when it had delivered 142 commercial aircraft by March. The company’s guidance is to end 2025 with 880 aircraft delivered.
Order from bankrupt Go First removed from the backlog
In addition to surpassing Boeing in deliveries, Airbus also collected more orders than its rival. There were 221 gross orders, which, added to January and February, reached a total of 280 aircraft ordered.
However, 76 cancellations reduced the net total to 204 orders by 2025.
Like Boeing, the Toulouse-based planemaker confirmed some recently announced deals, including an order for 70 A320neo family aircraft from BOC Aviation, another 50 of the type from Jackson Square and nine A350-1000 and A321neo aircraft from Eva Air.
But two new deals also emerged, but whose customers remain anonymous. One of them ordered 40 A321neos while the second was a major acquisition that included 13 A320neos, 17 A321neos, six A350-900s and six A350-1000s.
The order for 72 A320neos by Indian carrier Go First, which went bankrupt in 2023, has finally been removed from its backlog.
