Boeing just beat out Airbus with a record-setting 2018 for commercial passenger jets and avionics

SEATTLE – Boeing delivered a record 806 commercial passenger jets in 2018 to retain the title of the world's biggest plane maker for the seventh straight year but missed its full-year target of 810-815 due to supplier woes that delayed shipments. Business Insider reports. Continue reading original article

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9 Jan. 2019 -- European rival Airbus SE, which will report its numbers later this week, met its own 800-jet target pending final audit, but is certain to lag behind Boeing due to engine delays, industry sources said earlier.

Boeing also looked set to beat Airbus for aircraft and avionics orders on a like-for-like basis in 2018 after booking 893 net orders, excluding cancellations in the year. Meanwhile, Airbus ended November with 380 net orders, to which it has since added confirmed deals for another 220 aircraft.

Orders for Boeing and Airbus are seen down compared to 2017 as airlines fret over trade tensions and the slowing global economic growth. But deliveries at both rose on the back of an earlier order boom.

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