Airbus delivered 49 jetliners in February

Airbus delivered 49 jets, and 79 in the first two months of 2022 as it targets annual deliveries of 720 jets, the European planemaker said on Wednesday Mar. 9.

It also posted 113 gross orders, and 149 two months of 2022 or a net total of 55 after cancellations.

Deliveries included an A350 for Russian flag carrier Aeroflot which left Toulouse for Moscow on Feb 24, hours after Russia invaded Ukraine, according to Flightradar24 data.

Further Western plane deliveries to Russia have been suspended by sanctions following the invasion.

U.S. rival Boeing BA.N said on Tuesday it had delivered 54 airplanes so far this year and sold 114 jets or 107 after cancellations, but before accounting adjustments.

Reuters.com by Tim Hepher; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten