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Airbus for analysts

INTRODUCTION

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 numbers and types of aircraft ordered and delivered, market share and production outlook.

For additional information, visit the EADS Investor Relations section on the company's corporate website.

2012 commercial review

Airbus outperformed its business targets in 2012, delivering a company record of 588 jetliners to 89 customers, and exceeding the year’s 650-booking goal by winning 914 gross orders (833 net).

As of 31 December 2012, the Airbus backlog stood at 4,682 aircraft (valued at more than $638 billion, based on list prices), setting a new industry-wide record and providing more than seven years of production.

Commercial activity during the year continued to be paced by Airbus’ single-aisle A320 Family, with 739 net orders received – of which 478 were for the A320neo (new engine option) versions.  Based on the A320neo Family’s total 1,734 orders at year-end, this jetliner held a 62 per cent market share when compared to its direct competitor.

Airbus’ other 2012 bookings were composed of 58 A330s and 27 A350 XWBs, along with nine A380s.

Deliveries in 2012 were 10 per cent higher than the previous year’s record, marking the company’s 11th consecutive year of increased production.  New highs in output were registered for all of its current products: the delivery of 455 A320 Family jetliners marked a record (up from 421 in 2011); while the widebody A330/A340 Family also achieved a new high with 103 deliveries (compared to 87 the previous year). The A380 delivery target of 30 was attained in 2012, setting a new company record for this 21st century flagship jetliner (compared with 26 in 2011).

Airbus Military delivered 29 aircraft in 2012 (composed of 20 light and medium military airlifters, five A330 MRTT multi-role tanker/transports, and four conversions of P-3 surveillance platforms). The year’s order target was exceeded despite a challenging global market, with bookings for 28 C295s and four CN235s.

Airbus 2012-2031 Global Market Forecast

The Airbus Global Market Forecast (GMF) for 2012-2031 foresees the need for some 27,300 passenger airliners with seating capacities of 100 seats and above, along with nearly 900 new factory-built freighter aircraft.  The Global Market Forecast also anticipates a more than doubling of the world’s overall passenger aircraft inventory, from 15,500 today to more than 32,500 by 2031.

This GMF’s forward-looking view of the air transport sector’s evolution takes into account such drivers and factors as population growth, urbanization, emerging markets, innovation and environmental impact.

The 20-year deliveries of passenger and freighter aircraft foreseen by the 2012-2031 Global Market Forecast have a market value of approximately $4 trillion, and are composed of an estimated 19,520 single-aisle aircraft (an increase of 353 aircraft over the 2011 Airbus GMF), 6,970 twin-aisle aircraft (60 more than the 2011 GMF), and 1,710 very large aircraft (+30 from the GMF issued in 2011).

According to the GMF, air transport growth for 2012-2031 will be the highest in expanding regions, estimated at more than six per cent in yearly revenue passenger kilometre (RPK) growth for the following areas: China, India, Middle East, Asia, Africa, the CIS, Latin America and Eastern Europe; with more than four per cent annual RPK growth anticipated in Western Europe, North America and Japan.

Access the latest Global Market Forecast in the Airbus website’s Company section.

AIRBUS AND THE OXFORD ECONOMICS REPORT

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.

Access an interactive pdf version of the Aviation: The Real World Wide Web report.

ORDERS & DELIVERIES

With more than 12,300 aircraft ordered by international customers, Airbus is an undisputed world leader in the civil air transport marketplace.

 

A300/A310 Single aisle A330/A340/A350 A380 Total
Total orders 816 9142 2213 262 12433
Total deliveries 816 5432 1320 97 7665
Aircraft in operation 471 5251 1298 97 7117

Summary to 31 January 2013