Airbus figures

New business logged by Airbus during May involved 77 orders for A320 Family aircraft, as well as six A350 XWBs to raise total bookings above the 800 mark. The month’s 57 deliveries included aircraft from across the company’s product lines. All six A350 XWBs added to the order book are A350-900s for Philippine Airlines, bringing overall bookings for the twin-engine jetliner to 802 from 42 customers as of 31 May. For the A320 Family, the month’s bookings were led by an order of 45 A320neo and 15 A321neo aircraft from an undisclosed customer, which is a new client for the