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Airbus overtakes Boeing in lifetime narrowbody deliveries as A320 surpasses 737 in 2025

In 2025 Airbus's A320 family surpassed Boeing's 737 in lifetime narrowbody deliveries, flipping the decades‑old single‑aisle leadership. The milestone came as Boeing logged stronger sales that year while Airbus maintained delivery momentum across its A320 production network.

Discovered 2026-01-27T01:35:38.640892-08:00 | 2026-01-27T01:35:38.640892-08:00

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  • Airbus's A320 family surpassed Boeing's 737 in cumulative narrowbody deliveries in 2025, reversing decades‑old single‑aisle leadership.

  • The milestone occurred in a year when Boeing secured more sales while Airbus led on handovers — a divergence that will shape production pacing, backlog management and airline fleet decisions.

  • Read alongside recent coverage of the narrowbody 'value supercycle' [source:91084ce4-3a0c-461d-95f3-8b1bbb9517d0], Airbus's Tianjin FAL throughput milestone [source:223f95ce-3c55-4d67-b495-05d37b32e5f9], and reporting on A320 reliance and supply/IT strains [source:8c30608e-2c59-4a1b-848d-ba5ba987f0bc].

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