(AOF) – Airbus provided an update on its commercial activity for the month of April 2024. Thus, the aeronautical group delivered 61 commercial aircraft during this month to 33 customers. At the same time, 57 gross orders were recorded in April. Since the start of 2024, Airbus has so far delivered 203 aircraft to 52 customers and the number of its gross orders stands at 227.
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The end of a duopoly?
For several decades, the American Boeing and the European Airbus have shared 99% of the world market for airliners with more than 110 seats. This market is worth more than 100 billion dollars per year. However, this duopoly appears weakened in 2022 for several reasons. First, for the first time, two medium-haul single-aisle aircraft, the C919 from China’s Comac and the MC-21 from Russia’s Irkut, are preparing to enter service. Added to this is the Boeing 737 MAX crisis. With the cessation of deliveries of this aircraft between 2019 and 2021, the production balance has been disrupted. In 2021 Boeing posted 340 deliveries, with Airbus remaining well in the lead, with 611.