Airbus orders and deliveries for April 2015

Key orders and deliveries in April provided an additional boost for Airbus’ 2015 year-to-date activity, resulting in a backlog of 6,399 aircraft that ensures approximately 10 years of continued production at current rates for its jetliner families. Leading the month’s new business was Avianca’s purchase agreement for 100 A320neo Family aircraft. In firming up the Memorandum of Understanding announced in February, this brings total Avianca airline group bookings to 291 Airbus jetliners, composed of 276 for the A320 Family and 15 for the A330 Family. Among the other orders logged for Airbus’ single-aisle product line in April were two from