Airbus Helicopters logged gross orders for 413 helicopters in 2018 (an 18% increase), maintaining its lead in the civil & parapublic market.
Airbus delivered 800 commercial aircraft in 2018, an 11% increase from the previous record of 718 units, set in 2017.
Boeing delivered 806 commercial jets in 2018 and booked nearly 900 net orders valued at $144bn.
Dassault Aviation delivered 12 new Rafales, up from 9 in both of the previous years, and handed over 41 new Falcons, compared with 49 in each of the two preceding years.
After deliverying 89 aircraft in November, Airbus is slowly but surely closing in on its target of 800 aircraft deliveries in 2018.
Qatar has confirmed that it is adding nine Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers to the contract for Typhoon aircraft signed with BAE Systems in December 2017.
Airbus et Wilhemsen ont signé un memorandum of understanding afin de développer un service de livraison par drones pour l'industrie maritime.
ATR reported a total of 113 firm orders in 2017 — a threefold increase from the previous year — and delivered 80 aircraft.
Despite slight drops in orders (350) and deliveries (409), Airbus Helicopters is still head and shoulders above its competitors in the global rotorcraft market.
