Airbus: delivers its 12,000th plane
(CercleFinance.com) - Airbus has celebrated the delivery of its 12,000th plane since the company's creation, 50 years ago.
This is is A220-100 assembled in Mirabel, Canada, and delivered to Delta Air Lines based in the United States.
This plane is the 12th A220 delivered to Delta Air lines since October 2018.
"Delta is the first U.S. airline to operate the A220 and is the largest A220 customer, with a firm order for 90 aircraft" Airbus said.
"Airbus delivered its first aircraft, an A300B2 to Air France, back in 1974. Fast forward to 2010, Airbus handed over its 6,000th aircraft, 36 years after its first. The pace continued to accelerate, taking Airbus just nine years to double that number, reaching today's 12,000th Airbus aircraft delivery, on May 20, 2019," the group added.
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This is is A220-100 assembled in Mirabel, Canada, and delivered to Delta Air Lines based in the United States.
This plane is the 12th A220 delivered to Delta Air lines since October 2018.
"Delta is the first U.S. airline to operate the A220 and is the largest A220 customer, with a firm order for 90 aircraft" Airbus said.
"Airbus delivered its first aircraft, an A300B2 to Air France, back in 1974. Fast forward to 2010, Airbus handed over its 6,000th aircraft, 36 years after its first. The pace continued to accelerate, taking Airbus just nine years to double that number, reaching today's 12,000th Airbus aircraft delivery, on May 20, 2019," the group added.
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