Airbus’ business aeroplane backlog has hit a brand new document excessive as on the finish of 2025.
The planemaker has a complete order ebook of 8,754 business plane at year-end, with 1,000 new gross orders over the course of the calendar 12 months. A complete of 793 Airbus planes have been delivered to 91 airline clients world wide in 2025.
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“In a continued complicated and dynamic working setting, deliveries in 2025 maintained an upward trajectory. The 12 months witnessed a number of landmark deliveries and welcomed new operators of the A220, the A321XLR, the A330neo and the A350-1000 throughout all areas,” the planemaker mentioned.
“Airbus additionally received repeat orders and key new clients in each single aisle and widebody campaigns. The widebody backlog reached a brand new year-end document of 1,124 plane.”
The information comes as Qantas continues its fleet renewal and transitions to an Airbus-centric service, with the primary A321XLRs commencing operations in September, whereas low-cost subsidiary Jetstar has been persevering with to take supply of latest A320neo household plane.
Qantas now has three A321XLR plane in its fleet, with regional arm QantasLink having taken supply of its eleventh A220-300, VH-X4K, final month. Jetstar has 5 A320neos in its fleet, and this week took supply of its twenty third A321neo LR, VH-OLQ.
In an August replace, Qantas mentioned its whole agency plane order stood at 214, with 32 delivered as at 30 June, and it had taken supply of 17 new planes within the 2025 monetary 12 months.
“This will increase to twenty new plane arriving this monetary 12 months and 29 in FY27, together with 36 for Qantas, 10 for Jetstar and three for Qantas Freight,” the airline mentioned on the time.
“Along with these agency orders, the Group has further buy proper choices with Airbus and Boeing which give flexibility for future progress.
“The introduction of latest plane is already delivering important enhancements in buyer satisfaction, in addition to monetary and gas advantages for the Group.”
Qantas can also be anticipating its first A350-1000ULR later this 12 months, which shall be used for continuous “Mission Dawn” flights from the Australian east coast to London and New York beginning in 2027.
