Well, the Airbus numbers are out and my prediction of a week ago that they'd get to 40% by net units sold was right, but a big chunk of undisclosed customers listed as December 06 orders means that I wasn't as close as I'd like to have been. In fact, Airbus's 790 net orders gets them up to 43% against Boeing's 1,044 net at 57%.
So that's one of their best years ever in absolute terms, but also puts Boeing back as undisputed champion for the year - for Airbus I think "bittersweet" is the word (probably something a little stronger inside the company.)
The additional December 06 orders revealed today are as follows:
- Undisclosed - 5 x A320
- Private - 1 x A319
- MEA - 4 x A319, 4 x A330-200
- AirBlue - 4 x A320
- Private - 1 x A319
- Undisclosed - 3 x A319, 7 x A320, 5 x A330-200
- Undisclosed - 9 x A319, 18 x A320
If you know who the undisclosed customers are, then do tell...
So congratulation to Boeing on a really superb performance. And congratulations to FT Deutschland who got the correct Airbus figure leaked to them four days ago!
Kieran --
Don't beat yourself up about missing the number: Console yourself that Airbus may have gotten 43% by number, but only 39% by value -- much closer to your 40% number.
Regular Reader
wouldnt the percents be even lower than that, since airbus is in the habit of practically giving planes away? they gave all those 330's at discount as compensation for the a380 probs. who knows what is actually going at airbus, that is the problem--not market share.
keegan