The year 2010 was particularly good for the European aircraft manufacturer
with a record of delivery beat for the third consecutive year, the sale of its 1,000 th unit and a backlog of six years of production.
The year 2010 has finally been a good year for Airbus. On the occasion of the traditional presentation of business results, January 17 at the Boeing Delivery Center in European Colomiers, Tom Enders, President, do not sulk his pleasure in announcing a record of deliveries beat again. With 510 civilian aircraft delivered last year, against 498 in 2009, Airbus is outperforming its rival Boeing for the world number one spot in aeronautics, American who delivered him, 462 units.
"Remember, last year at the same time, we were not sure that the economic crisis was over. Twelve months later the situation is better. All told, 2010 was a pretty good year, "said Tom Enders on this occasion. A good year in terms of deliveries, but also commands. Airbus will also retain its leadership in this area with 644 new aircraft orders, representing more than 63.4 billion euros, against 625 for Boeing. For the ninth consecutive year, Airbus retains its leadership position, but it must also command a very last minute, signed Dec. 29, from Virgin America (see elsewhere), allowing it to display 52% market share. In spite of 70 cancellations, Airbus has more than doubled the number of orders for the previous year (271) and far exceeded its objectives. Not surprisingly, most of these commands comes from the family of medium-haul: of the 644 contracts, 452 are orders A320s, 160 A330s, A340s, A350s and 32 relate to the A380 superjumbo. As early 2011, Airbus can not display less six years of full production with a backlog of civil aircraft 3552 aircraft, worth a total of about $ 480 billion at list prices.
400M: mass production imminent
On the military aviation industry, Airbus received 21 orders in 2010 and is confident about the future of the A400M. Tom Enders reiterated the signing of the agreement in principle for a $ 3.5 billion extension of the seven clients jumbo. "Only still missing validation of the German parliament which is expected shortly. We will start production soon series and we hope to achieve certification by the end of the year 2011 "he said. A clear sky for Aibus who still had some setbacks beginning with a target of 20 A380 to be delivered in 2010 which has been held (18 aircraft were returned to their owners). The failure of the Trent 900 engine manufactured by Rolls Royce on a unit of Qantas Airlines, the largest Australian airline, has indeed upset the plans of the European aircraft manufacturer has been forced to revise all the engines in service and production and resulted in delays will be felt even in 2011.
off the end of 2011 for the A350 delays
which, however, should be required for commissioning of the new assembly line of A350 which, according to Airbus, "the first copy should be released at the end of this year with first delivery scheduled for late 2013. Therefore a pivotal year that started on a flying command history with the announcement two weeks ago of the Indian low cost carrier Indigo six A380s and 180 A320s, 150 version of NEO (New Engine Option), more fuel efficient . "2011 sera l’année de NEO » a indiqué le directeur commercial d’Airbus, John Leahy.
3 000 embauches cette année
L’on sait bien que lorsqu’Airbus s’enrhume, c’est toute l’économie régionale qui tousse et ces éléments ont de quoi donner une grande bouffée d’air pur dans une conjoncture toujours incertaine. Airbus a d’ailleurs annoncé que, pour faire face à l’augmentation de ses cadences de production comme pour réussir à développer l’ensemble de ses nouveaux programmes, l’embauche de quelque 3 000 salariés en Europe était à l’ordre du jour, « dont half in France. " Given the attrition, about 1500 per year, 1500 are net new jobs being created, as well as Airbus to 54,000 employees by the end of this year. If encryption to Toulouse was not disclosed, Bregier, the CEO of Airbus said on the sidelines of the press conference: "We will be beyond the levels of last year, exceeding even the Bar 1000 recruitment.
Hervé Chossat
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