What a year! American breaks all records

We are but 29 days into 2016 but already the order confirmations are racking up for the manufacturers with ANA today confirming the three A380 order we reported on back in December. ANA will take delivery from 2019 and will have Rolls Royce Trent 900s on wing. The Iranian order for Airbus aircraft has smashed expectations with the order signed now for 21 A320ceos, 24 A320neos, 27 A330ceos, 18 A330-900 neos, 16 A350-1000s and 12 A380s for Iran Air. This more or less totally sorts out all of Airbus’s near term order book gaps. So one assumes the guys in