PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus lost a fifth of the outstanding orders for its A330neo long-haul jet in March as the plane’s largest customer went through restructuring, but it won sales elsewhere for more than 100 of its smaller jets, monthly data showed on Friday.
AirAsia X cancelled 63 of the A330-900 version of the A330neo, an upgraded version of the long-established A330 wide-body model, as well as 10 smaller A321neo aircraft, Airbus said in a monthly update on its commercial activities.
The European planemaker also said it had delivered 142 planes in the first quarter, up more than 13% on the year. But the net number of deliveries stood at 140 after two previously reported deliveries were cancelled due to Russia sanctions.
Reuters reported earlier this week that Airbus had delivered between 140 and 142 aircraft in the quarter, a higher number than some analysts had anticipated.
(Reporting by Tim Hepher; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
