The 10,000th copy was delivered to Middle East Airlines.
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Since the beginning of the health crisis, the aeronautical world has been going through an area of strong turbulence which brings its share of bad news and social plans every day.
This Friday, while deliveries have fallen in recent months, the European aircraft manufacturer only recorded 39 in August, Airbus announced that it had delivered its 10,000th A320 family aircraft to Toulouse.
Middle East Airlines can now fly with the aircraft bearing the manufacturer serial number 10,000.
It is the third A321Neo to join the Lebanese company's fleet.
She was already the one who received the MSN 5,000 in 2012.
A day to remember for everyone at Airbus as we celebrate the delivery of the # A320 Family's MSN1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣aircraft - an # A321neo to @MEAAIRLIBAN.
MEA is no stranger to A320 milestones as it took delivery of MSN5000 in 2012. Here's to the latest milestone in this close partnership!
https://t.co/7xtM4vnPaK pic.twitter.com/RR4LChHDFx
- Airbus (@Airbus) October 9, 2020
Airbus had been producing A320 family planes for nearly 23 years.
Over the next eight years, it therefore produced as much as in more than two decades.
"This achievement testifies to the industrial and technical progress of Airbus and the popularity of the latest version of the Neo aircraft, which is even more efficient," said the aircraft manufacturer in a press release.
The A320 family remains the best-seller of Airbus which, despite the crisis, still has a well-stocked order book.
Of the 7,500 or so aircraft that make it up, more than 6,000 are from the A320Neo family.
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