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The European planemaker won orders for 229
aircraft between January and April and delivered 196 planes to
customers.
After cancellations, net orders totaled 209 aircraft, Airbus
said on Thursday.
Boeing started the year with a lead against Airbus in both
orders and deliveries in the first quarter.
Between the start of the year and April 28, the latest period
for which data is available, Boeing sold 139 aircraft, or a net
total of 114 after 25 cancellations.
Colombian carrier Avianca <AVT_p.CN> this week firmed up an
order for 100 narrowbody Airbus jets in a $10 billion deal first
announced in February.
The order includes 98 A320neo and 2 A319neo, Airbus monthly
order figures showed.
Deliveries of 7 A380 superjumbos included the 159th delivery
since the double-decker entered service in 2007.
Last month's handover to Etihad Airways, coinciding with the
tenth anniversary since the world's largest airliner first took
flight, took A380 deliveries beyond the half-way point compared
with the total number of jets sold.
Airbus is studying whether to revamp the A380 with newer engines
to boost sales, which have flagged as airlines turn to two-engined
jets, but says it is confident of replenishing the order
pipeline soon.
Leasing partner Amedeo has said it also sees two potential
customers in 2015.
The head of Qatar Airways on Wednesday said he would not order
more A380s without a "rethink" on the aircraft by Airbus, adding
that any revamp of the existing model would need to generate
10-15 percent fuel savings.
However, he praised the performance of the newer twin-engined
A350, saying it was "head and shoulders" above Boeing's 787,
which was only now coming out of early teething problems.
Qatar is the only A350 operator so far, with two in service. It
operates the Boeing 787 and has ordered the larger 777-9X.
Airbus said it had not delivered an A350 in April, leaving one
delivery so far this year. It is targeting around 15 deliveries
by end-year as it ramps up production of the jet.
(Reporting by James Regan, Tim Hepher, Matt Smith; Editing by
Andrew Callus and Keith Weir)
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