AIRBUS or BOEING? Which manufacturer has more planes?

Video from the channel AeroNewsGermany about Airbus, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 14:21. Language: German. Video type: Documentary.

The video, published in 2019, compares how many Airbus and Boeing civil aircraft were still in active service at the time, whether passenger or cargo. It goes through each manufacturer's families one by one.

The author notes that Boeing has been building commercial aircraft for about 50 years longer, so it has produced far more in total; that is why he only counts those still flying. On the Airbus side, he starts with the 1970s A300, still active mainly as a freighter, and the A310. On the Boeing side, he points out that no civil 707 remains in service and that the 727 only survives as a freighter or in private use.

In the single-aisle segment, the A320 family totaled 8,162 active aircraft, slightly more than the 737 family's nearly 8,000. In long-haul, Boeing dominated: it had 551 active Boeing 747s versus 235 A380s, plus 687 Boeing 757s, 785 Boeing 767s, 1,452 Boeing 777s and 871 Boeing 787s. Airbus contributed 1,325 A330s, 166 A340s and 295 A350s. The conclusion is that, at the time of recording, more Boeing aircraft were flying than Airbus ones: around 12,488 Boeing aircraft by his count.