Aircraft
Final 2021 Aircraft Delivery Figures Show Gradual Recovery
UK aerospace group ADS said that deliveries increased 32 percent last year to 951 but still remained 40 percent down from 2018’s record number.

The number of global aircraft deliveries rose 32 percent to 951 last year while operators and lessors placed orders for 1,680 new aircraft, the most since 2018, UK aerospace trade group ADS reported Monday. While the figures show the continuation of a gradual recovery from Covid-19, last year’s deliveries remained some 40 percent down from the record 1,618 shipments achieved in 2018.