Air TransportA350F Launch Customer ALC Cancels Order for Seven Freighters
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) will no longer receive seven A350F freighters from Airbus. According to the June orders and deliveries report, the US lessor withdrew the order placed in November 2021.
At that time, ALC became the launch customer for the aircraft, capable of carrying up to 111 tons of cargo.
In addition to the seven fewer A350Fs, Airbus also recorded the cancellation of nine A320neos by Avianca.
The June order balance was 187 aircraft, according to data compiled by ADN.
LOT Polish Airlines ordered 40 A220s (20 A220-100s and 20 A220-300s), while the widebody A330-900 received three orders totaling 61 aircraft: 21 from the IAG Group, 20 from MAB Leasing (Malaysia), and 20 from VietJet.
The A350 family added 25 A350-1000 aircraft to Riyadh Air and another 10 jets to Taiwan’s STARLUX Airlines. EgyptAir also ordered six A350-900s, but they were already listed as an undisclosed customer.
The A320neo family had a net order of 48 aircraft, almost all of which were A321neos.
The largest of Airbus’s narrowbody jets added 27 aircraft to All Nippon Airways and 20 to AviLease (Saudi Arabia).
Gulf Air transferred three A321neos to BOC Aviation, while BOCOM Leasing was listed as the owner of an aircraft of the type whose customer was previously unknown.
The A320neo ultimately had only one net order. There were several changes in the report, with BOC Aviation taking over six aircraft from Gulf Air and another 12 jets previously unidentified were added to customers such as JetSmart, Transavia, BOCOM Leasing, and ICBC.
In the first half of 2025, Airbus claims to have closed 494 gross orders plus 92 cancellations, reaching a net total of 402 aircraft.
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