Airbus' 111 Deliveries in December is a Record
As mentioned in a blog post earlier this month, Airbus delivered a record 111 aircraft in December 2016. With the assistance of Senior Analyst Nigel Howarth, I dug through Aviation Week's Fleet Discovery to find the top ten commercial jetliner deliveries (including executive or military variants) in a calendar month by manufacturer. The chart below shows that Airbus' 111 deliveries beat previous months by a wide margin, no doubt helped in part by A350s and A320neos that had backed up during the year due to delays.
| RANK | MANUFACTURER | MONTH | NO. OF DELIVERIES |
| 1 | Airbus | December 2016 | 111 |
| 2 | Boeing | December 1998 | 83* |
| 3 | Airbus | December 2015 | 79 |
| 4 | Boeing | September 2015 | 77 |
| 5 | Boeing | December 2014 | 76 |
| 6 | Airbus | December 2014 | 75 |
| 7 | Boeing | June 2016 | 74 |
| 8 | Airbus | December 2012 | 72 |
| Boeing | September 2016 | 72 | |
| 9 | Boeing | December 1999 | 71* |
| Boeing | June 2014 | 71 | |
| Boeing | March 2015 | 71 | |
| Boeing | June 2015 | 71 | |
| Boeing | November 2015 | 71 | |
| Boeing | March 2016 | 71 | |
| Boeing | May 2016 | 71 | |
| 10 | Boeing | December 2013 | 68 |
* includes McDonnell Douglas types
A Cathay Pacific A350 awaits handover at Airbus' delivery center. Photo credit: Nigel Howarth