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FUTURE
THE OF THE
MANUFACTURER

AIRBUS ORDERS FALL 65% AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

n an indicator of just how significant
Ithe impact of Covid-19 has been on
commercial aerospace; Airbus recently re-
ported a 65% decline in net orders in 2020
compared to 2019.
The European manufacturer snared 268
net orders last year, down from 768 the
year before, as the pandemic roiled its air-
line customers and slashed future demand.
Positive news from the company’s

December numbers revealed that it did

deliver 566 new jets last year. While down optimistic as we look into 2021, although MAX through almost all of 2020, ended

34% year over year, it did top what had challenges and uncertainties remain high in November with 118 deliveries through the

reportedly been an informal internal the short term.” first 11 months of last year.

company goal of 560 deliveries set after the While orders hint at the kind of future While both Boeing and Airbus help drive

pandemic bore down on the globe. demand that helps support production jobs, work in Wichita, the city’s commercial aero-
Those hand overs were aided by an e-de- deliveries are even more important to the space industry is primarily reliant on Boeing.

livery option for Airbus aircraft rolled out manufacturer’s immediate bottom line. That includes at Spirit AeroSystems,

in April that the company said in a press That’s because they are typically the point at where Boeing work in 2019 accounted for

release ending up accounting for more than which the bulk of an aircraft order is paid. 80% percent of the company’s sales.
25% of its deliveries in 2020. The order and delivery news out of Air- But that portfolio mix is changing, due to

“Working hand-in-hand with our custom- bus rival the Boeing Co. is expected to be lower Boeing production rates and addition-

ers allowed us to navigate a difficult year,” far bleaker. al Airbus and defence work at the company.
said company CEO Guillaume Faury. While the company hasn’t yet released its Spirit CEO Tom Gentile said last year that

“The Airbus teams, customers and final tallies for 2020, Boeing ended Novem- Boeing work would be down to 45% of the

suppliers truly pulled together in the face ber in an order deficit of 1,048 jets after company’s overall total this year, while

of adversity to deliver this result. We also factoring in cancellations and accounting Airbus would grow to 25% and 15% on the
thank our partners and governments for protocols. defence side. The remaining work will come
their strong support to the sector. Based The US manufacturer, which faced the from the business jet programmes and

on our 2020 deliveries we are cautiously prolonged grounding of its workhorse 737 aftermarket services. Q

AIR TRAFFIC
AIR TRAFFIC AT 1980S LEVELS

“Passenger traffic has been particular- DFS does not expect the volume of air

ly hard hit in 2020 due to the increasing traffic to recover quickly, even following

he volume of air traffic in numbers of coronavirus cases now the successful development and initial

TGermany more than halved as a being recorded in many countries and roll-out of coronavirus vaccines in indi-

result of the coronavirus crisis, accord- the travel restrictions once again being vidual countries.
ing to DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung imposed as a result of this,” said Dirk “It will likely be 2025 before we see Unparalleled line-up of thought-

Mahns, chief operations officer at DFS.

GmbH. The organisation recorded a All airports are suffering here, al- a return to pre-pandemic levels,” said 14-18 November 2021

total of 1.46 million take-offs, landings though the two major hubs of Frankfurt Mahns. provoking content, aerial displays

and overflights under instrument flight and Munich are recording the greatest “Until that time, DFS will collect DWC, Dubai Airshow Site and game-changing innovations

rules in 2020 - the least amount since it losses in absolute terms. On the other around two billion euros less in charges
than originally budgeted, yet will not
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The figure represents 56.2 percent fewer modest reductions. degree. After all, the German air naviga-

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lion aircraft movements were registered. of freight have therefore observed signifi- 70 percent of controllers in place - even

As such, the volume of traffic in Ger- cantly fewer drops in traffic,” said Mahns. with very low traffic figures - as the

many has fallen back to pre-reunifica- Above all, this applies to Leipzig Halle tower and airspaces cannot simply be Commerical Aviation | Aircraft Interiors | MRO | Business Aviation | Air Traffic Management

tion levels. In 1989 the Federal Republic Airport, where the number of take-offs closed. On the contrary, we will contin- Space | Defence & Military | Air Cargo | Emerging Technologies NEW

of Germany recorded a total of 1.47 and landings was only around 18 per- ue to provide our service, even during

million flights. cent lower than in the previous year. times of crisis,” he said. Q

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