Airbus records 105 firm commands from the first day

The European manufacturer has shot the game in front of its American rival Boeing, after the crash of a device from the Air India company.

Airbus occupies the commercial land. At the opening of the Bourget show, Monday June 16, several announcements commercials have been revealed. Airbus has thus garnered 105 firm orders, including Polish and Saudi airlines. For his part, His American competitor Boeing chose silence after the murderous crash of one of his Air India company devices. His boss canceled his coming. “We focus on supporting our customers, rather than orders for orders at this fair”justified a spokesperson for the AFP aircraft manufacturer.

A first contract with the Polish company Lot

The Polish company Lot, a traditional client of the American Boeing and the Brazilian Embraer, has placed its first contract with Airbus with a firm order of 40 A220 planes to modernize its fleet for a theoretical value of 3.4 billion dollars.

This amount was calculated according to the 2018 catalog prices but Airbus has since abandoned this principle by arguing that real selling prices depend on the specifics of each contract, the version and the configuration of the device and that they remain confidential.

The agreement signed at Le Bourget provides for a future increase in the contract to 84 A220 planes.

An order from the Saudi company Riyadh water

The new national transporter of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh water, “has placed a firm order of 25 A350-1000 coarse doors and the agreement can potentially increase to 50 A350-1000”Airbus announced in a press release.

This order represents a contract of theoretical value of $ 9 billion. At the end of May, the A350 family displayed more than 1,390 firm orders of around sixty customers around the world, according to Airbus.

Forty planes for the Avilease rental company

Saudi lessor Avilease also ordered 10 A350F cargo planes, as well as 30 aircraft from the A320neo family. This Agreement, which provides for the possibility of bringing the contract to 22 A350F cargo planes and 55 aircraft from the A320neo family, was signed before the press as of the show. It corresponds to a theoretical value of $ 7 billion.

The Japanese group Ana (All Nippon Airways) also finalized an agreement with Airbus by signing a firm order for 24 A321neo and three A321XLR.