2018 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events in 2018. Orders and deliveries. Up from 763 in 2017, Boeing delivered 806 commercial jets in 2018, including 580 B737s and 145 B787s; and won 893 net orders valued at $143.7 billion: 675 B737s and 218 widebodies including 109 B787s and 51 B777s. Airbus delivered 800 aircraft to 93 customers including 20 A220s (since July 2018), 626 A320, 49 A330s, 93 A350 XWBs and 12 A380s, 11% more than the 718 delivered in 2017; and received 747 net orders. Safety review. The EASA reported 530 fatalities in 11  fatal accidents worldwide in 2018 for commercial air transport with large aircraft, up from 67 fatalities in 9 accidents in 2017. The Aviation Safety Network reported 556 fatalities in 15 accidents of commercial aircraft for at least 14 passengers or their cargo variants, excluding military aircraft. The IATA reported an accident rate of 1.35 per million flights, improving from 1.79 for the previous 5-year period, and 0.19 for jets, down from 0.29, with 11 fatal accidents with 523 fatalities for 4.3 billion passengers on 46.1 million flights.