(Paris) Airbus delivered 67 new aircraft to its customers in June, returning to its pace at the start of the year after a downturn in May.
Since January, Airbus has handed over 323 aircraft to its customers, the overwhelming majority (261 units) of which are A320neo and A321neo, the flagship single-aisle aircraft in its range, according to a table available Monday on the company’s website.
Its deliveries reached 53 aircraft in May, 61 in April and 63 in March.
The group warned at the end of June that it would deliver fewer aircraft than expected in 2024, due to persistent difficulties in its supply chain.
While it had been counting on delivering 800 planes this year, the same volume as in 2018 before the pandemic torpedoed the aeronautics sector, it now plans to deliver only 770.
By 2023, it had managed to deliver 735 aircraft.
The target of producing 75 planes per month has been pushed back by one year, to 2027.
The industrial giant also received 73 orders in June, including 36 A321neos from an unnamed customer. This brings the total number of orders since the beginning of the year to 310, including two large orders from Saudia and American Airlines.
Deliveries are a reliable indicator of profitability in aerospace because airlines pay the bulk of the bill when they take possession of the planes.
At the current rate, the European industrial giant’s order book represents more than ten years of production, with 8,585 aircraft to be delivered, including 7,688 single-aisle aircraft, a range that includes the A320neo and A321neo, but also the smaller A220s.