Analysts need facts and figures at their fingertips in order to quickly assess the performance of a company in the marketplace. Here you will find the key details on Airbus – including turnover, numbers and types of aircraft ordered and delivered, market share and production outlook.
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Airbus won 1,458 firm gross orders from more than 80 customers during the year, valued at US$181.1 billion at catalogue prices.
This was the highest level ever obtained by any manufacturer in a single year, giving Airbus a 51 per cent market share, both in terms of units and value – remaining comfortably within the company’s targeted range of between 40-60 per cent.
The 1,341 net firm orders booked in 2007 represented a 49 per cent market share and were valued at US$157.1 billion in catalogue prices, giving Airbus a 48 per cent share in terms of value.
In 2007, Airbus passed the 8,000th order milestone, and the year’s unprecedented sales led to a new record backlog for the company, reaching 3,421 aircraft at the end of the year, and giving Airbus a 50 per cent share of all aircraft yet to be delivered.
The Airbus Global Market Forecast anticipates a demand for some 24,300 new passenger and freighter aircraft between 2007 and 2026, creating an average delivery rate of some 1,215 airliners annually during this 20-year period.
According to the Global Market Forecast, which was released by Airbus in February 2008, passenger traffic is expected to grow at an average rate of 4.9 per cent per year, leading to a near threefold increase during the 2007-2026 time period.
The market need for approximately 24,300 new aircraft during the next 20 years represents a combined order book value of $2.8 trillion, and will be driven by the need for more fuel and eco-efficient aircraft to cope with traffic growth, as well as for the replacement of older-generation equipment.
The growing demand for air transportation - combined with increasingly stringent infrastructure/environmental constraints, price competition and the need to differentiate through comfort - will generate a demand for some 1,700 Very Large Aircraft (VLA) seating more than 400 passengers. This aircraft category - which includes the A380 - is valued at $527 billion, and represents 19 per cent of total value of passenger and freighter aircraft deliveries, or seven per cent in aircraft unit terms.
Sixty-eight per cent of all deliveries in the next 20 years will be single-aisle aircraft, representing more than 16,600 airliners. Worth some $1.14 trillion, this segment represents 40 per cent of all aircraft deliveries by value.
Demand for twin-aisle aircraft (seating from 250 to 400 passengers) will continue to grow strongly, with some 6,000 new passenger and freighter aircraft being delivered in the next two decades. Valued at some $1.162 trillion, this accounts for about 41 per cent of the total value or 25 per cent in unit terms.
The 20-year Airbus Global Market Forecast gives a detailed analysis of world air transport developments, covering nearly 300 distinct passenger and freight traffic flows, as well as a year-by-year fleet evolution of the world's aircraft operators through fleet analysis of nearly 700 passenger airlines and 177 freighter operators. In doing so, the forecast covers aircraft demand from the regional market to the very largest aircraft available today - the A380.
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