Aircraft
Airbus Moves Ahead of Boeing on Russian Fleet Size
A350-900 the only Western airliner to make an appearance at MAKS 2017
The Airbus A350-900 prepares to go on static display at MAKS 2017 in Zhukovsky, Russia. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
The Airbus A350-900 prepares to go on static display at MAKS 2017 in Zhukovsky, Russia. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

The only foreign manufacturer to bring a passenger jet to the June 18 to 23 MAKS 2017 airshow outside Moscow, Airbus made use of the event in Zhukovsky to commit a public relations strike on Boeing by declaring that the size of its Russian fleet has surpassed that of its competitor. Vice president Chris Buckley told AIN that more than 300 Airbus jets now operate in Russia, compared with Boeing’s market penetration of “a bit below” that figure. “We estimate our market share at roughly 52 percent,” he said. At MAKS 2015 the respective figures were 283 and 296, respectively. The U.S. airframer still leads in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) territory with 456 jets, compared with “about four hundred” Airbuses.


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