Saturday, June 6, 2026
Airbus books 379 May orders, pushes A220 past 1,000 firm sales
Airbus on June 5 reported 379 gross commercial aircraft orders and 81 deliveries for May 2026, capped by an AirAsia X firm order for 150 A220-300s - the largest single-customer A220 deal ever - and a 102-jet China Eastern Airways order (23 A320neos and 79 A321neos). The AirAsia deal carried a list-price tag of about $19B, made AirAsia the A220 launch customer for a new 160-seat cabin, and pushed the A220 family past 1,000 firm orders, with the A320 family backlog crossing 20,000 lifetime orders.
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