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Market presence

The aircraft of choice for customers across the Americas

A full range of Airbus aircraft are in service with airlines across North America, Latin America and the Caribbean – from major carriers and cargo airlines to the new generation of low-cost operators, with the order book bolstered by bookings from the regions’ leasing companies.

The aircraft of choice for customers across the americas

Customers in North America have ordered 3,200-plus Airbus aircraft - with more than 2,200 of these having been delivered by May 2012. 

Airbus' A320 Family – including the A320neo (new engine option) – is a bestseller in North America, chosen by carriers such as Air Canada, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, jetBlue, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways and Virgin America. Many of the region’s carriers utilise several A320 versions in their fleets, benefitting from the aircraft family's operational commonality and flexibility to match seating capacity with actual passenger loads. 

Widebody A330s and A340s also are operated or ordered by North American carriers and leasing companies, including Air Canada, CIT Leasing, GECAS, Hawaiian Airlines and US Airways (A330s), and ILFC (with A330s and A340s). 

In addition, North American customers are acquiring Airbus' next-generation A350 XWB, ordered by CIT Leasing, Hawaiian Airlines, ILFC, United Airlines and US Airways, while the newest mid-size cargo jetliner – the A330-200F freighter – is being acquired by Intrepid Aviation Group, MatlinPatterson and OH-Avion, LLC. 

The reliable and efficient A320 Family is popular in Latin America and the Caribbean, where the single-aisle jetliners are flown by carriers such as Avianca, Interjet, TACA, TAM, LAN Airlines and Volaris. 

Airbus’ widebody A330 and A340 jetliners are operated in the Latin America/Caribbean region by airlines that include Aerolinas Argentinas, Avianca, LAN Airlines and TAM – which operates one of the largest Airbus fleets in this geographical zone.  

The A350 XWB Family is building up a customer base in South America, where Synergy Aerospace – the main shareholder of Avianca and SAM in Columbia, Oceanair in Brazil and VIP in Ecuador – is acquiring 10 A350-800s. 

In a continued vote of confidence for its relationship with Airbus, TAM has ordered 27 A350 XWB aircraft and became the first Latin American customer for Airbus’ A320neo.