Deliveries put Boeing ahead of Airbus
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April 7, 2012, Saturday
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BOEING overtook Airbus in deliveries in the first quarter of this year, setting itself on course to recapture the coveted No. 1 spot in annual aircraft production for the first time since 2002, company data showed.
European plane maker Airbus yesterday said its deliveries grew 10 percent compared with the first quarter of last year to 131 aircraft. On Thursday, its United States competitor Boeing announced first-quarter deliveries of 137 commercial airplanes, up 32 percent from a year earlier.
Both plane makers are increasing production of best-selling medium-haul models, the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320, roughly in tandem to record levels in order to tap demand led by Asia.
But Boeing has edged in front of its European rival as it also uncorks two models that had encountered major production delays but which came to the market at the end of last year: the 787 Dreamliner and the latest enhanced version of its 747.
The catch-up effect is expected to help push Boeing ahead of Airbus in deliveries in 2012 after a nine-year lead for Airbus, which is owned by aerospace firm EADS.
Boeing delivered six 747-8 stretched jumbos and five of the new carbon-composite Dreamliners. Airbus delivered four A380 superjumbos, all in January and February, and started assembling the first A350, its answer to the 787, this week.
The two dominate a global aircraft market estimated at US$100 billion annually.
European plane maker Airbus yesterday said its deliveries grew 10 percent compared with the first quarter of last year to 131 aircraft. On Thursday, its United States competitor Boeing announced first-quarter deliveries of 137 commercial airplanes, up 32 percent from a year earlier.
Both plane makers are increasing production of best-selling medium-haul models, the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320, roughly in tandem to record levels in order to tap demand led by Asia.
But Boeing has edged in front of its European rival as it also uncorks two models that had encountered major production delays but which came to the market at the end of last year: the 787 Dreamliner and the latest enhanced version of its 747.
The catch-up effect is expected to help push Boeing ahead of Airbus in deliveries in 2012 after a nine-year lead for Airbus, which is owned by aerospace firm EADS.
Boeing delivered six 747-8 stretched jumbos and five of the new carbon-composite Dreamliners. Airbus delivered four A380 superjumbos, all in January and February, and started assembling the first A350, its answer to the 787, this week.
The two dominate a global aircraft market estimated at US$100 billion annually.
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