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Quality journalism "The current Airbus A320, a rival for the CSeries, is for 180 passengers or more and Airbus hasn't sold an A320 in three years." A320neo (t
by _Codemonkeyism 9y ago
Quality journalism
"The current Airbus A320, a rival for the CSeries, is for 180 passengers or more and Airbus hasn't sold an A320 in three years."
A320neo (the "current Airbus A320") orders:
2015: 583
2016: 343
2017: 47
~1000 orders in the last three years, with 5000 orders all in all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320neo_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320neo_family
- joelhaasnoot 9y agoThat should probably read A319 - several other more reputable aviation sources mention this (for instance: https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardaboulafia/2017/10/17/bombardier-airbus-cseries-boeing https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardaboulafia/2017/10/17/bom...) According to this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Airbus_A320_orders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Airbus_A320_orders, the A319ceo (current) has a backlog of 50 orders and the A319neo has just 20.
- _Codemonkeyism 9y agoThanks for catching that! Technically "Airbus hasn't sold an A320 in three years." isn't right about the A319 as there have been orders the last three years, agreed no one wants it though. Most A319neo orders look to be modified to be A320neo orders, so customers moving to a larger jet - perhaps it's cheaper than cancelling and buying Bombardier/Embraer. Or there is no demand for small planes in the ~120 passengers class.
- skgoa 9y agoThere is huge demand, but the higher purchase and operating costs of the 320 family compared to the 737 family and C series make the 319 uncompetitive.
- _Codemonkeyism 9y ago"[...] compared to the 737 family [...] uncompetitive." No sure where you've got that from, the A320neo has 5000 orders, the 737Max has 4000 orders with the MAX7 not selling well (same size as A319neo).