Airbus keeps top planemaker spot

Boeing’s deliveries of new planes surged in 2021 but the company still ended the year behind chief rival Airbus, which remained the world’s largest jetmaker for the third year running
 
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AIRCRAFT DELIVERIES
762 635	748 688	763 718	806 800	380 863 157 566	340 611
2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021

Airbus: 611 planes delivered, up 8% from 2020

Boeing: 340 jets, more than double 2020 figure  
            

Around two-thirds of Boeing sales were variants of 737 Max, grounded for almost two years after two fatal crashes

Airbus deliveries driven by demand for popular A320 single-aisle jets
   

Sources: Airbus, Boeing, Reuters 
Picture: Ross Parmly via Unsplash 
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