Airbus sold 10 A350-900 widebody aircraft to undisclosed customers in September

Airbus did not close any major sales deals for its commercial aircraft in September, but it did register two orders for the widebody A350-900, the customers of which were not disclosed.

Eight of these jets were sold to an unidentified customer on September 16th, while a private customer placed an order for two more A350-900s on the 8th of the same month.

Thanks to these two new orders, Airbus’s total backlog reached 25,135 aircraft, of which 16,469 were delivered as of last month.

As a result, the aircraft manufacturer has 8,665 pending orders, a decrease of 63 jets compared to August.

Although no further orders were placed, the order book saw some movement. Chile’s JetSmart, for example, appears to have transferred one A320neo and two A321neo to lessor BOC Aviation.

Two A320neos that appeared to be linked to undisclosed customers were removed, while China’s ICBC added a similar aircraft and Malta’s Medair added another A320neo to its order.

The lack of new orders for the A320neo family comes as Airbus pursues the goal of expanding its deliveries and increasing production to meet the enormous demand.

As of September, there were 7,099 aircraft of the A319neo, A320neo, and A321neo variants pending delivery.

Even if it had already reached its monthly target of producing 75 of these jets, Airbus would need almost eight years to fulfill all the orders.

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