{"version":"1.9","identifier":"39c80664-4b93-44c2-8f3b-d1ea76501d9e","language":"en-US","title":"Airbus booked 29 A350 orders and delivered 12 in Q3 2026. Emirates took four","layout":{"columns":7,"width":1024,"margin":32,"gutter":20},"componentLayouts":{"text":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"maximumContentWidth":720,"margin":{"top":12,"bottom":12}},"photo":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"margin":{"top":20,"bottom":20}}},"componentTextStyles":{"default":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":18,"lineHeight":29,"textColor":"#171717"},"headline":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue-Bold","fontSize":36,"lineHeight":42,"conditional":[{"conditions":{"maxViewportWidth":480},"fontSize":28,"lineHeight":34}]},"intro":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":20,"lineHeight":28,"textColor":"#555555"},"caption":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":13,"lineHeight":19,"textColor":"#666666"},"byline":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":13,"lineHeight":20,"textColor":"#666666"},"body":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":18,"lineHeight":29,"paragraphSpacingAfter":14,"linkStyle":{"textColor":"#00704a"}}},"metadata":{"canonicalURL":"https://www.loungefrog.com/news/airbus-a350-orders-deliveries-q3-2026","datePublished":"2026-10-25T17:09:49.87164Z","dateModified":"2026-10-25T17:10:04.18788Z","authors":["Patrick Karsh"],"excerpt":"Riyadh Air, Air China and an unnamed freighter buyer placed every A350 order from July to September, while deliveries ran at about four a month.","thumbnailURL":"https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/39c80664-4b93-44c2-8f3b-d1ea76501d9e/d326d93593cb7168ad070bb26675ad87.jpg","keywords":["aircraft"],"generatorName":"Frog News","generatorVersion":"1.0"},"components":[{"role":"title","text":"Airbus booked 29 A350 orders and delivered 12 in Q3 2026. Emirates took four","textStyle":"headline","layout":"text"},{"role":"intro","text":"Riyadh Air, Air China and an unnamed freighter buyer placed every A350 order from July to September, while deliveries ran at about four a month.","textStyle":"intro","layout":"text"},{"role":"byline","text":"By Patrick Karsh · Published October 25, 2026","textStyle":"byline","layout":"text"},{"role":"photo","URL":"https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/39c80664-4b93-44c2-8f3b-d1ea76501d9e/d326d93593cb7168ad070bb26675ad87.jpg","caption":"The Airbus A350F on its first flight in September. Airbus booked eight A350Fs for an undisclosed customer in the third quarter. · Airbus","accessibilityCaption":"The Airbus A350F on its first flight in September. Airbus booked eight A350Fs for an undisclosed customer in the third quarter.","layout":"photo"},{"role":"caption","text":"The Airbus A350F on its first flight in September. Airbus booked eight A350Fs for an undisclosed customer in the third quarter. · Airbus","textStyle":"caption","layout":"text"},{"role":"body","format":"markdown","text":"## The quarter in numbers\n\nAirbus booked 29 gross orders for the A350 in the third quarter of 2026 and delivered 12 of the jets, according to its [orders and deliveries data](https://www.airbus.com/en/products-services/commercial-aircraft/orders-and-deliveries) for July through September.\n\nAll of the orders came from three deals: a top-up from Riyadh Air, a new order from Air China and eight freighters for a customer Airbus has not named. Deliveries went to seven airlines, led by Emirates with four.\n\nAirbus's running total for the A350 rose from 1,595 orders at the end of June to 1,624 at the end of September, the same 29 aircraft. That means no A350 cancellations cut into the quarter's orders, so gross and net were equal.\n\n## Orders: 29 jets in three deals","textStyle":"body","layout":"text"},{"role":"htmltable","html":"
Date bookedCustomerModelAircraft
July 15Riyadh AirA350-10006
August 14Air ChinaA350-90015
August 31Undisclosed customerA350F8
Q3 total29
","layout":"text"},{"role":"body","format":"markdown","text":"**Riyadh Air** firmed up six more A350-1000s in July, [Airbus announced](https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-07-riyadh-air-firms-up-order-for-six-additional-airbus-a350-1000-aircraft). That took the new Saudi airline to 31 on firm order, as we covered in our [Riyadh Air order story](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/riyadh-air-31-airbus-a350-1000-firm-order-july-2026).\n\n**Air China** signed for 15 A350-900s on July 17, the airline said in a [Hong Kong stock exchange filing](https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0717/2026071701511.pdf). The list price was about $6.09 billion before discounts, and the airline said Airbus had granted \"considerable price concessions.\" Airbus counted the order in August. Its Chinese filing said the jets will arrive between 2030 and 2032, [ch-aviation reported](https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/169644-air-china-orders-15-a350-900s-shenzhen-airlines-40-a320neo). Shenzhen Airlines, an Air China subsidiary, ordered 40 A320neo-family jets at the same time.\n\n**Eight A350 freighters** went to a buyer listed only as \"undisclosed\" in Airbus's data.\n\nThere were no A350 orders in September, when Airbus booked just 17 jets across all models, all of them single-aisle planes.\n\n## Deliveries: 12 jets to seven airlines","textStyle":"body","layout":"text"},{"role":"htmltable","html":"
MonthA350-900A350-1000Total
July426
August033
September303
Q3 total7512
","layout":"text"},{"role":"body","format":"markdown","text":"By customer:\n\n* **Emirates:** four A350-900s, on July 16, July 30, July 31 and September 30\n* **Starlux Airlines:** two A350-1000s, in July and August\n* **Philippine Airlines:** two A350-1000s, in July and August\n* **Air France:** one A350-900, in July\n* **Qatar Airways:** one A350-1000, in August\n* **Lufthansa:** one A350-900, in September\n* **Delta Air Lines:** one A350-900, in September\n\nNo A350 freighters were delivered. The A350F is still in testing and made its [first flight in September](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/airbus-a350f-completes-its-maiden-flight-as-testing-begins).\n\nEmirates is putting its new A350s to work fast, with recent launches to [Helsinki](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/emirates-dubai-helsinki-a350-daily) and [Mauritius](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/emirates-a350-mauritius-premium-economy-november-2026). Lufthansa will fly its first A350-1000, a different model, from [Munich to Tokyo-Haneda](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/lufthansa-a350-1000-munich-tokyo-haneda-december-2026) in December.\n\n## How the year looks\n\nThrough September, Airbus has delivered 38 A350s in 2026, its data shows. Across all models it delivered 547 jets in the first nine months, and it needs a big final quarter to reach its target of about 870, as our [September deliveries story](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/airbus-september-2026-deliveries-72-jets-q4-target-870) explains.\n\nThe pace for the A350 was slow. Twelve deliveries in three months works out to four a month.\n\n## What comes next\n\nAirbus has not yet published its third-quarter results or its October order data. Aviation Week reported that the company's third-quarter earnings call is set for October 28. October has already brought new A350 business, including [Biman Bangladesh's order for four A350-900s](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/biman-bangladesh-airbus-a350-900-a321neo-order-october-2026). For a running list of this month's deals, see our [October orders tracker](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/boeing-airbus-orders-october-2026).\n\n## Why it matters to travelers\n\nMore A350s mean more premium cabins and longer nonstops. Philippine Airlines, for example, wants its A350-1000s for [nonstop flights to the US East Coast and Canada](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/philippine-airlines-nine-more-a350-1000-mou-july-2026). But with only about four A350s rolling out each month, airlines waiting for the jet will keep flying older planes for a while yet.","textStyle":"body","layout":"text"}]}