Aircraft
Airbus Sets New Delivery Record, Meets Sales Goal for 2016
European airframer ends year with $1 trillion order backlog
Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Fabrice Bregier (left) and COO for customers John Leahy take questions during the company's annual press briefing Wednesday. (Photo: Airbus)
Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Fabrice Bregier (left) and COO for customers John Leahy take questions during the company's annual press briefing Wednesday. (Photo: Airbus)

On the day Airbus handed over the first A321 of a landmark 100-aircraft order for a mix of single-aisle and widebody aircraft to Iran Air, Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Fabrice Brégier revealed that the airframer delivered a record number of 688 aircraft during the year, including 111 in December alone, and expects the figure to top 700 in 2017. The figure, announced Wednesday, represents the 14th year-on-year increase in annual deliveries. Among the deliveries was Airbus’s 10,000th aircraft, an A350XWB for Singapore Airlines.

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