Well, the Airbus numbers are out and my prediction of a week ago that they'd get to 40% by net units sold was right, but a big chunk of undisclosed customers listed as December 06 orders means that I wasn't as close as I'd like to have been. In fact, Airbus's 790 net orders gets them up to 43% against Boeing's 1,044 net at 57%.
So that's one of their best years ever in absolute terms, but also puts Boeing back as undisputed champion for the year - for Airbus I think "bittersweet" is the word (probably something a little stronger inside the company.)
The additional December 06 orders revealed today are as follows:
- Undisclosed - 5 x A320
- Private - 1 x A319
- MEA - 4 x A319, 4 x A330-200
- AirBlue - 4 x A320
- Private - 1 x A319
- Undisclosed - 3 x A319, 7 x A320, 5 x A330-200
- Undisclosed - 9 x A319, 18 x A320
If you know who the undisclosed customers are, then do tell...
So congratulation to Boeing on a really superb performance. And congratulations to FT Deutschland who got the correct Airbus figure leaked to them four days ago!
