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Given the complex panorama at the global level due to the COVID-19, Airbus and Boeing inform about your orders, deliveries and production.
Its miles from planes that have been grounded in a forced way, airlines have returned planes, others are beginning to cancel orders before a very complex scenario and that each day seems it will be more serious for the industry.
With this panorama ahead, We update in this publication some of the most important news that Airbus and Boeing have shared regarding their orders and deliveries during this emergency..
Airbus
After a strong commercial and industrial performance at the beginning of the year, Airbus is now revising its production rates downwards to adapt to the new market environment due to the coronavirus.
In the first quarter of 2020, airbus received 290 net commercial aircraft orders and delivered 122 planes, others were produced 60 planes during the quarter, However, remain undelivered due to the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In March they delivered 36 aircraft across the different Airbus families, in comparison with 55 in february 2020. This reflects the intention of customers to defer deliveries.
The new average future production rates have been established as follows:
- A320 40 per month
- A330 2 per month
- A350 6 per month
- 21 net orders and 36 deliveries in march 2020.
Boeing
On the side of the North American manufacturer, the situation has been more extreme the measures, given that some of its employees have tested positive for COVID-19, so within this scenario, Boeing has taken the following steps:
- CEO Dave Calhoun and Chairman of the Board, Larry Kellner, will waive all payments until the end of the year.
- Suspend Boeing operations 787 in South Carolina temporarily.
- Suspend Puget Sound production line.
- Suspend the Philadelphia operation where the H-47 Chinook and V-22 Osprey are produced.
It is important to emphasize that both companies have carried out humanitarian transfer flights of medical equipment, donations and others, as well, the development of protective equipment for health personnel worldwide.
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