Airbus delivers 36 aircraft in October

An Airbus A350-1000XWB touches down at Farnborough (Image: Max Thrust Digital)
An Airbus A350-1000XWB touches down at Farnborough (Image: Max Thrust Digital)

European airframer Airbus has delivered a total of 36 aircraft to 23 customers in October 2021 including one of the final two Airbus A380 super-jumbos.

In October Airbus delivered 30x A320neo family aircraft. This was made up of 1 A319neo, 17 A320neo and 12 A321neo aircraft to airlines including Air New Zealand, Volaris and Air Lease Corp.

2 classic-engined A321 family aircraft were also delivered to Delta Airlines in the US.

Lufthansa took delivery of an A350-900 and Emirates received one of the final two Airbus A380 aircraft to ever be built.

Jetblue and Air Tanzania were the recipients of 2 Airbus A220 aircraft.

In addition to the deliveries, October saw Airbus receive orders for 22 new A320neo family aircraft from 15 for British holiday airline Jet2, 6 for Pegasus and 1 for Sky Express.

This brings the total net orders for the year to 125.