Airbus A320 ousts Boeing 737 as most-delivered jet in history
By Tim always
Prague (Reuters) -Europe’s Airbus on Tuesday, the A320 aircraft family, broke a major commercial barrier when history exceeded the Boeing 737 to become the most delivered jetliner. Boeing’s decimal records were delivered to the Saudi carrier Flynas overnight, and according to comparison data from the UK -based consulting turnover used in the industry, the A320 has brought delivery to 12.260 since it started to serve in 1988.
Airbus did not immediately respond to the request for comments about the data followed by Aircraft Supply Analyst Rob Morris.
Among them, Boeing and Airbus were initially designed to feed large centers, and then delivered more than 25,000 jets, which were widely adopted by low -cost carriers that Airbus condemned after a decline in the request after 9/11.
Airbus is the largest planner in the world according to total annual deliveries, but the shattered ceiling, strategy and common nations in the narrow bodies market has a 40 -year transatlantic war for the market share after the share of jobs between France, Germany, Spain and England.
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The A320 was released in 1984 at a time when Airbus questioned whether Airbus would last ten years after releasing two broad body jets. He first flew three years later.
For the first time, Airbus engineers in Toulouse, France, gambled to promote the furry computer controls of a mainstream plane, a leading technology, which was faced with resistance from trade unions and some carriers, but was later accepted later.
Airbus is now expanding production in the United States and China.
Boeing set a standard of narrow -bodied aircraft production with 737 popular 737, which was first introduced in the 1960s, but after deadly accidents in 2018 and 2019. The company gradually relieves the output under the regulatory limits.
Two aircraft giant is expected to offer new models for the next ten years, but both said that on Monday, the Istanbul Statat conference in Prague is not likely to progress in engine technology.
(Reporting by Tim Hepher, editing by Louise Heavens)
