During the three-day event, airlines and lessors also converted 352 existing Airbus orders – mostly from the A320 single-aisle aircraft to the larger A321neo and to the new A321XLR, reflecting the company’s success in the longer-range aircraft segment.

Moreover, Airbus won orders for 85 A220, and for the wide-body A330neo, it received 24 orders and commitments, according to the company’s report yesterday.

The star of the show was clearly the new A321XLR – the next evolutionary step from the A321LR.

The XLR is world’s most efficient and longest-range single-aisle aircraft, which will enable operators in this segment to access markets requiring even more range and payload.

Overall, this newest model won orders for 48 aircraft, commitments for a further 79 and 99 conversions from A321 to XLR.