Airbus on course for record jetliner orders in 2023, sources say

Airbus is on course to break aerospace order records in 2023 after a buying spree from European airlines and a brisk month so far in deliveries, industry sources said on Tuesday. Orders for a total of almost 200 jets from easyJet and Lufthansa on Tuesday looked set to push gross orders so far this year above the record of around 1,800 in 2014, the peak of the last major cycle, as airlines gamble on a scarcity of jets. Those figures will not be officially available until January, but the sources said there are strong chances that Airbus also will breach the previous record of more than 1,500 net orders.