Airbus Business Has “Moved East” - Enders

Airbus CEO and EADS boss-in-waiting Tom Enders said at the show yesterday that the Asia Pacific accounted for half of Airbus’s order intake in 2011. Enders was delivering an exceptionally optimistic outlook for the region during the company’s opening Singapore Airshow press conference.

Of Airbus’s gross order-count of 1,608 aircraft last year, 802 came from Asia Pacific customers. Of course, the A320neo accounted for much of the success, as Airbus signed “landmark” deals with AirAsia, Indigo and Jetstar. All-told, Airbus has collected firm orders for 546 Neos, as well as 184 standard A320s. Enders pointed out that Airbus had collected 98 percent of all narrowbody orders in the region and had taken a 58 percent share of the widebody market as well.