In terms of single-aisle deliveries, Airbus customers added four A220-300, one A319neo (Tibet Airlines), 12 A320neo, and 20 A321neo aircraft during the month.
United States-based airlines welcomed eight Airbus jets in February, including American Airlines welcoming one A321neo, Delta Air Lines taking delivery of the aforementioned A330-900, one A220-300, and one A321neo; Frontier Airlines adding one A321neo; and Spirit Airlines taking delivery of two A321neo aircraft despite currently operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections.
Mexico’s Volaris also took delivery of two aircraft on the same day, February 3, with the carrier introducing an A320neo and A321neo into its fleet. The aircraft, registered as XA-VUP and XA-VUQ respectively have been in active service since February 20 according to Flightradar24 data.
Meanwhile in February Airbus added only fourteen aircraft to its backlog finalizing agreements with two customers for A321neo aircraft: Korean Air (six) and an undisclosed customer (eight).
Korean Air disclosed the six orders in a Korean stock exchange filing on December 4 saying that at list prices the investment in six A321neo aircraft would be $934.2 million which could change due to exchange rate fluctuations or other reasons.
The manufacturer’s order book has not changed compared to January. The plane maker ended last month with fifty-one net orders and with fourteen net orders in February its net orders so far in twenty-twenty-five increased to sixty- five. Gross orders climbed to sixty-nine with Airbus’ customers removing orders for one A220-100 and three A320neo in January.
Year-to-date (YTD) Airbus has delivered sixty-five aircraft split between seven A220-300 three A319neo nineteen A320neo thirty-one As21 neo two As30 neo two As50 neo and one As50 neo Compared to the same two-month period in twenty- twenty-four Airbus is lagging behind since as of February twenty-twenty-four the plane maker had delivered seventy-nine including four As30 neos In terms of orders Airbus only had thirty-three gross and net at end-February compared to sixty-five now
When it unveiled results including a profit €4 billion $4 billion outlook indicated that this year plans deliver around or more than handed over last The deliveries were much fewer initially planned For when posted results plans around had downgraded June due component shortages including engines