Orders & Deliveries

Airbus and Boeing’s combined commercial narrowbody aircraft deliveries reached 100 units in July 2026—24 aircraft below June’s total and four units above July 2025.

Airbus and Boeing’s combined commercial aircraft gross order total for July 2026 reached 241 units. Airbus secured orders for 204 aircraft, while Boeing received orders for 37.

Boeing officially logged a few of its Farnborough Airshow order announcements in July, including orders from Uganda National Airlines, AerCap, and Luxair.

Airbus delivered 67 commercial aircraft to 39 customers in July and recorded firm orders for 204 aircraft.

The 2026 edition of the Farnborough Airshow took place July 20-24. New firm orders for the major OEMs total 145 for Boeing, 131 for Airbus and 28 for Embraer.

Airbus and Boeing’s commercial narrowbody deliveries reached 124 units in June—one above May’s total, and the pair’s highest monthly figure in the year to date.

The gross commercial order total for Airbus and Boeing in June was approximately half that of the previous month.

Boeing delivered 42 737 MAX aircraft in June, giving it three months of 40-plus handovers in 2026 so far—a sign of production stability on the key narrowbody program.

Airbus ratcheted up its commercial aircraft output once again in June, delivering 89 airliners in the month—its highest monthly total of the year so far.

Deliveries data for May 2026 puts Boeing up just over 13% in terms of total airliner deliveries compared to the first five months of 2025 and Airbus up 7.8%.

Gross commercial aircraft orders in May 2026 from the duopoly saw a reverse on April, with Airbus the one to disclose a three-figure order total.

Boeing’s May activity included 51 737 MAX deliveries, its highest monthly total since March 2023.

Airbus managed to substantially increase output in May, delivering a total of 81 commercial aircraft to its customers.

In April 2026, Boeing significantly outpaced its European rival in new commercial aircraft orders, securing 136 firm orders compared to Airbus' 28.

In April 2026, commercial airliner deliveries from Airbus and Boeing were 12 units up on the same month in 2025.

Boeing has released its commercial orders and deliveries for April, which saw its backlog bolstered by three substantial firm commitments from unidentified customers.

After a slow first quarter, Airbus' year-to-date commercial jet deliveries total made up ground on its 2025 output but still remains 12 units behind where it was at this time last year.

In March, commercial narrowbody aircraft deliveries from Airbus and Boeing were down on the same month in 2025 but widebody deliveries went up.

New aircraft deliveries during the first quarter of 2026 for ATR, Comac and Embraer saw varying degrees of success in ramping up production.

In March 2026, Airbus secured 331 firm aircraft orders, significantly outpacing Boeing and pulling ahead for the year to date.

Boeing reached a new post-downturn first-quarter delivery high, handing over 143 aircraft, its highest total for the March quarter since 149 in 2019.

Boeing’s deliveries dipped as projected in March as 737 MAX movements slowed because of a production issue.

For the first three months of 2026, Airbus has delivered 114 aircraft to 46 customers. In the same period last year, it delivered 136.

Boeing handed over 51 total aircraft in February, but that number will surely fall following the revelation of a 737 MAX wiring issue that will need correcting.

For the first two months of 2026, Airbus has delivered 54 aircraft to 27 customers and recorded net orders for 77 aircraft.