Flight International – 6 August 2019

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DATA VIEW

Deals signed at Le Bourget show brought slight relief after slow beginning to year, with net

commitments reaching 205, but deliveries continue lagging 2018 on 737 Max grounding

Paris powered

June rebound

GRAHAM DUNN & ANTOINE FAFARD

LONDON

Airbus

IAG will take eight

A321XLRs for Iberia

New orders, June 2019

Flyadeal A320neo^30

United Airlines Embraer 175 20

Nordic Aviation Capital ATR 72-600 20

American Airlines A321XLR 20

All Nippon Airways A320neo 18

Nordic Aviation Capital ATR 42-600^15

JetBlue Airways A220-300 10

Jetstar A321XLR 10

Iberia A321XLR 8

FedEx 767-300F 6

Aer Lingus A321XLR 6

Delta Air Lines A220-300^5

Binter Canarias Embraer 195-E2 2

DHL Network Operations 777F 2

Air Antilles Twin Otter Series 400 2

Atlantic Airways

(Faroe Islands) A320neo^2

Petroleum Air Services CRJ900 1

Air Lease 787-9^1

Note: Information for known customers Source: Cirium’s Fleets Analyzer

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fter an unusually sluggish start to

the year for firm deals, commercial

aircraft orders finally moved into

positive territory during June,

largely driven by a flurry of activity at the

Paris air show.

The month saw total new orders announced

for 214 aircraft, with these offset by only nine

cancellations, leading to a net advance of 205

units. Swaps were announced for 66 aircraft –

all by Airbus narrowbody customers switching

orders to the European manufacturer’s long-

range A321XLR, which was launched at Le

Bourget. Firm orders for the variant included

deals from IAG – for subsidiaries Aer Lingus

and Iberia – and Qantas Group, likely for its

Jetstar unit.

Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flyadeal dis-

closed a commitment for 30 A320neos, with op-

tions for another 20. This matches its previous

tentative agreement for Boeing 737 Max-family

aircraft, which had not been finalised before the

re-engined narrowbody entered a global

grounding imposed in mid-March, following a

second fatal accident involving the type.

New York-based carrier JetBlue Airways

converted options for 10 A220-300s to firm

orders, boosting its backlog for the former

Bombardier CSeries to 70 aircraft. The airline

will take delivery of its first example in 2020,

and will employ the type as a replacement for

its fleet of 60 Embraer 190 regional jets.

Overall, the firm order total for Airbus came

to 145 in June, while Boeing secured only nine

units: six 767 Freighters for FedEx, two 777Fs

for DHL and a single 787-9 for Air Lease.

Regional aircraft sales came in at a net 17

units, including United Airlines’ announce-

ment at Paris of a firm order for 20 E175s,

along with options for a further 19. The Brazil-

ian-built jets will replace Bombardier CRJ700s

in the carrier’s fleet. Binter Canarias also

signed for two E195-E2s.

Turboprop business was at its strongest in

our 13-month review period, with 37 units

sold. Lessor Nordic Aviation Capital an-

nounced firm orders for 20 ATR 72s and 15

ATR 42s at the show, where it also announced

taking options and purchase rights on 70

more -600-model examples. Viking Air,

meanwhile, took in an order for a pair of its

Twin Otter Series 400s for Air Antilles.

In terms of deliveries, 126 new aircraft

were handed over to a combined 77 carriers

in June. This marked a reduction of just one

from the previous month, but was almost 60

units fewer than in the same month of 2018.

Airbus shipped 76 aircraft, while Boeing de-

livered less than half that, with the sharp fall

experienced by the US airframer reflecting the

continued grounding of the 737 Max. Boeing

handed over just 90 jets in the second-quarter,

against 194 in the same period of 2018.

Delta Air Lines stood out as the operator

with the highest number of monthly deliver-

ies in June. Shipments for the SkyTeam carri-

er included five Pratt & Whitney PW1500G-

engined A220-100s. The US carrier’s backlog

for the type currently includes 26 -100s and

50 of the larger -300 variant.

TAP Air Portugal, which became the

launch operator of the re-engined A330neo in

December last year, received three of the -

model in June.

Asia-Pacific customers led the regional

share for deliveries, taking 44 aircraft during

the month. North American and European

carriers received 33 and 26, respectively.

Cirium’s Fleets Analyzer shows that the

global commercial fleet stood at some 29,

aircraft at the end of June: a rise of 184 from

the previous month. ■

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