A320neo engine shortage: PWA takes all the blame - but why?

Not long ago Airbus claimed, not for the first time, that PWA GTF engines would be late for the A320neo family. his might be true (and why should Airbus lie), but what I wonder about is where are the CFM LEAP-1A engines?

Last year the LEAP-1A had a market share of roughly 60%. Looking at the first 3 months of 2026 and the deliveries of the A320neo family two things are noteworthy:

1. Overall deliveries are lower for the first three months of the year than in 2025: 81 in 2026, but 106 in 2025, so about 24% lower.

2. Looking at the market share we can see that PWA had a market share of roughly 62% for the first three months of 2026.

Can we conclude that the "real" shortage is not with PWA, but with CFM? Of course a shift in market share could also just come from the individual customer demands, which had chosen either the one or the other engine. But such a clear swing in such a short time is not normal.

And if we count the A220 as well with their 19 deliveries PWA has a lead of 69% in the Airbus narrowbody sector.

Let's see how that evolves...