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Boeing has outpaced Airbus in terms of new aircraft orders and deliveries in first quarter. Boeing booked 122 net orders as of April 5, while Airbus has only 10 net orders in the first quarter.

Aircraft-order cancellations further lowered Airbus’ net order. The company had 15 order cancellations in March, including the cancellation of two planned purchase of A380 from French airline, Air Austral.

Airbus might suffer further aircraft cancellations as Air France-KLM and Virgin Atlantic are also most likely to cancel their respective orders for A380s. Airbus will loose eight orders for A380, two from Air France-KLM and six from Virgin Atlantic.

Boeing also suffered some setback including cancellation of 14 B737 and four B787 Dreamliners. However, the company still managed to gain some major deals including a surprise order for four B747s from an undisclosed buyer.

Boeing is also ahead of Airbus in terms of aircraft deliveries. Boeing has delivered 176 commercial aircraft in the first three months and forecasts to deliver a total of 740 to 745 aircraft this year, while Airbus has managed to deliver 125 aircraft so far and forecasts to deliver 650 aircraft by year-end.