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| Getting mundane: Hardly anyone notices as the fourth SIA A380 was delivered in April. The aircraft begins daily services to Tokyo on May 20, SIA’s third A380 destination after Sydney and London. |
Aircraft deliveries from Airbus and Boeing declined in April from their peak in March as the two major manufacturers delivered 79 new aircraft to their global customers.
Airbus: 39 deliveries to 33 customers
A320s were again the most popular aircraft type delivered this month by Airbus representing over 40% of all April deliveries. Deliveries were made across the complete aircraft model range from an A318 for LAN to another A380 for Singapore Airlines.
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| Source: Airbus |
No single airline took delivery of more than two Airbus aircraft in April. A total of 27 airlines received a single new Airbus aircraft while Aegean, Air One, China Eastern, China Southern, Virgin America and Volaris each received two.
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| A quarter of all Boeings were delievered to just three low cost airlines in April, including three 737-700s to AirTran. |
Boeing: 40 deliveries to 26 customers
Over 80% of Boeing’s deliveries in March were 737 derivatives with five 777s delivered to four different customers and a couple of 747-400 freighters going to Guggenheim Aviation Partners and UPS.
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| Source: Boeing |
Ryanair was again the leading individual customer with four new -800s while Southwest and AirTran each took delivery of three -700s. For the third consecutive month Continental took delivery of three new aircraft.
Delivery rate slows in April
Deliveries fell from 90 in March to 79 in April. Single-aisle aircraft made up a record 82.3% of deliveries from the two major manufacturers.
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| Source: Airbus, Boeing |
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