Originally Posted by cowboypilot
Boeing has gotten orders for 3,012 NG 737's with the first delivery in 96. Airbus has 4348 orders for the A320 family with first delivery in 88. And if you take out 545 orders for the 321 which was a 757 competitor (up until a couple years ago with the introduction of the 737-900) you get 3803.
Sales numbers play no role in the original posters intent of this thread. Putting up sales numbers for Airbus vs. Boeing is like saying that a Geo Metro is a better car because they sold more units that Corvettes. The question is what is a better airplane to fly?