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   Airbus was close to delivering 560 aircraft to customers in 2020. Insiders   
   report this to Bloomberg news agency. The final number delivered before   
   midnight on December 31st must be determined by means of an audit.   
       
   A year earlier, in 2019, the aircraft manufacturer handed over 863 to   
   customers. The past year can nevertheless be regarded as a success, given that   
   air traffic has fallen sharply as a result of the outbreak of the corona   
   pandemic.   
       
   Over the past two decades, Boeing and Airbus have been very evenly matched,   
   but since 2019 it is not even exciting anymore due to the flight ban of the   
   737 MAX. In addition, Boeing is struggling with quality issues in the   
   production of the 787.   
       
   This year it will be exciting. Although the overall production level at Airbus   
   remains higher, Boeing still has hundreds of MAXs on the factory premises   
   waiting to be delivered. To what extent that actually happens also depends on   
   the recovery of aviation.   
      
   --- DB4 - Dec.21 2020   
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