Overview

• Cirium reported that a delivery to Saudi carrier Flynas lifted A320-family deliveries to 12,260, surpassing Boeing’s 737 to claim the all-time lead.
• Combined deliveries of the two rival single-aisle families now exceed 25,000 aircraft, underscoring their central role in global short- and medium-haul flying.
• Airbus is scaling A320-family output with added capacity in the United States and China, supported by a broadened lineup that includes the longer-range A321XLR.
• After a strongest-ever September with 73 deliveries, Airbus reached 507 aircraft year to date and would need a record 313 in the fourth quarter to meet its 2025 goal of 820.
• Boeing remains constrained on 737 MAX handovers due to quality and production issues, faces further delay on 777-9 certification, and previously signaled a guilty plea in 2024 tied to MAX certification, while both plan to wait for engine advances before launching next-generation narrowbodies.