Keep track of the commercial aircraft order announcements made at this year’s Farnborough air show
Airbus ended the Farnborough air show by disclosing preliminary deals covering 95 aircraft with Saudi budget carrier Flynas and Latin American holding company Abra.
Flynas signed a memorandum of understanding for 75 more A320neos as well as 15 A330-900s, while Avianca and Gol parent Abra inked a tentative deal for five A350-900s.
The deals take to 286 the numbers of aircraft order commitments announced during the show, including 124 firm orders, 140 tentative deals and 22 options. It marks the smallest number of aircraft order announcements at either the Farnborough or Paris shows in more than a decade.
It comes after Airbus secured follow-on orders from Virgin Atlantic and Japan Airlines on the second day of the show as the airframers racked up more widebody business.
Virgin signed for seven more Airbus A330neos, an order unveiled onboard on one of its existing A330-900s which is on static display at the show.
JAL meanwhile signed for 20 firm A350-900s from Airbus, a day after it signed for 10 787-9s and took options on 10 more. Plans for both the Airbus and Boeing orders had been previously disclosed by the Oneworld carrier in March.
Qatar Airways also placed an order for a further 20 Boeing 777-9s. The order was previously listed by Boeing to an unattributed customer.
It means 161 of the 286 aircraft commitments announced at the show so far have been for widebodies.
Both Airbus and Boeing though also secured narrowbody business today. JAL signed for 11 A321neos and also confirmed an order for six A320neos from Libyan carrier Berniq Airways, while Macquarie AirFinance became the first lessor to announce business at the show when it signed for 20 737 Max jets.
Korean Air had opened this year’s Farnborough air show with an eye-catching commitment for up to 50 Boeing widebodies, provisionally signing up for 777-9s and 787-10s.
The SkyTeam carrier signed a memorandum of understanding covering 20 firm orders for both the 777-9s and 787-10, as well as taking options on 10 more Dreamliners.
In a strong start to the show, Boeing also secured a widebody freighter deal as National Air Cargo signed for four 777Fs.
A fourth customer, Luxair, also signed for two firm – and two options – on 737 Max 10s.
While Boeing led the way in orders for the day, Airbus did secure two bits of business. VietJet firmed its February preliminary commitment for 20 A330neos, while Bhutan’s Drukair signed a memorandum of understanding for three Airbus A320neos and two A321XLRs.
An Air Tahiti follow-on order for four more ATR 72-600s was the sole new regional aircraft order announcement during the show – though De Havilland Canada announced deals for 11 reconditioned Dash 8-400s earlier at Farnborough.
Last update: 2100 on 25 July
