Providing strong evidence that the commercial-aircraft market remains healthy, Airbus (www.airbus.com) announced $39.7 billion worth of new business at the 2017 Paris Air Show, which concluded in late June. The company won commitments for a total of 326 aircraft, including firm orders for 144 aircraft worth $18.5 billion and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for 182 aircraft worth $21.2 billion.

A320-family aircraft sales and commitments were robust, with business accounting for a total of 306 aircraft worth $33.8 billion.

This total comprises 132 firm orders worth $14.7 billion, and MoUs for 174 aircraft worth $19.1 billion. In the wide-body segment, Airbus won business for 20 aircraft worth $5.9 billion, comprising 12 firm orders worth $3.6 billion and MoUs for eight aircraft worth $2.3 billion.

John Leahy, COO (customers) of Airbus Commercial Aircraft, said: “Our commercial success at Paris extends our already diversified order backlog to a new industry record of over 6,800 aircraft.”

Further to the new orders, the show also saw a repeat order from DHL Express for four more A330-300 passenger-to-freighter conversions, in partnership with EFW and ST Aerospace.