Hong Kong, March 16 -- While Airbus was reluctant to make any direct comment about rival Boeing's misfortunes with the 737 MAX at the Singapore Airshow last month, it was not slow to herald the spectacular improvement in its market share in 2019.
With the U.S. manufacturer reporting not a single jet sale in January, Airbus senior vice-president for marketing, Francois Caudron, said at a briefing at the airshow the European now leads its rival in all segments of the Asia-Pacific.
In 2019 Airbus wrote 460 orders compared with 46 for Boeing, giving the Toulouse manufacturer a 91% market share. It also delivered 373 aircraft, compared with 109 deliveries for Boeing. In the single-aisle sector, Airbus has a backlog of 1,853 jets (64% share), c...