Analysts need facts and figures at their fingertips in order to quickly assess the performance of a company in the marketplace. Here you will find the key details on Airbus – including turnover, numbers and types of aircraft ordered and delivered, market share and production outlook.
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An in-depth report published by the economic forecasting consultancy Oxford Economics highlights the positive global impact of air transportation. “Aviation: The Real World Wide Web” outlines the wide range of benefits that air transport – and industry partners such as Airbus – bring to economies and societies worldwide.
This report, issued in June 2009, also suggests that the world’s future prosperity may depend on a growing and thriving aviation industry, which currently supports nearly eight per cent of the world’s economy, and questions the environmental benefits and social impacts of limiting that growth.
Airbus booked 777 aircraft orders (net) in 2008, valued at US$100 billion at list prices. This represents a 54 per cent market share for commercial aircraft with seating capacities above 100 passengers.
2008 deliveries by Airbus totalled 483 single-aisle and widebody aircraft. This is 30 more than in 2007 and represents another all-time record for the company – as well as the fifth consecutive year of delivery volume increases. The deliveries were composed of 386 A320 Family aircraft, 85 A330/A340s and 12 A380s.
Airbus’ overall order volume reached 9,215 jetliners at December 31, with total deliveries attaining the 5,500 mark. The resulting backlog of 3,715 civil aircraft is valued at US$438 billion (list prices), equalling six years of full production.
The two newest Airbus jetliner programmes showed good progress in 2008. The delivery of 12 A380s met Airbus’ goal for the year, and underscored the continued ramp-up in output for this 21st century flagship. In December 2008, Airbus froze the design for the initial member of its all-new A350 XWB family – the A350-900, keeping this programme on target for a commercial service entry in 2013.
The Airbus Global Market Forecast anticipates a demand for some 24,300 new passenger and freighter aircraft between 2007 and 2026, creating an average delivery rate of some 1,215 airliners annually during this 20-year period.
According to the Global Market Forecast, which was released by Airbus in February 2008, passenger traffic is expected to grow at an average rate of 4.9 per cent per year, leading to a near threefold increase during the 2007-2026 time period.
The market need for approximately 24,300 new aircraft during the next 20 years represents a combined order book value of $2.8 trillion, and will be driven by the need for more fuel and eco-efficient aircraft to cope with traffic growth, as well as for the replacement of older-generation equipment.
The growing demand for air transportation - combined with increasingly stringent infrastructure/environmental constraints, price competition and the need to differentiate through comfort - will generate a demand for some 1,700 Very Large Aircraft (VLA) seating more than 400 passengers. This aircraft category - which includes the A380 - is valued at $527 billion, and represents 19 per cent of total value of passenger and freighter aircraft deliveries, or seven per cent in aircraft unit terms.
Sixty-eight per cent of all deliveries in the next 20 years will be single-aisle aircraft, representing more than 16,600 airliners. Worth some $1.14 trillion, this segment represents 40 per cent of all aircraft deliveries by value.
Demand for twin-aisle aircraft (seating from 250 to 400 passengers) will continue to grow strongly, with some 6,000 new passenger and freighter aircraft being delivered in the next two decades. Valued at some $1.162 trillion, this accounts for about 41 per cent of the total value or 25 per cent in unit terms.
The 20-year Airbus Global Market Forecast gives a detailed analysis of world air transport developments, covering nearly 300 distinct passenger and freight traffic flows, as well as a year-by-year fleet evolution of the world's aircraft operators through fleet analysis of nearly 700 passenger airlines and 177 freighter operators. In doing so, the forecast covers aircraft demand from the regional market to the very largest aircraft available today - the A380.
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