PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus delivered 73 jets in September, a larger number than expected and a registration for the month, as delays in engine deliveries showed signs of slowdown, informed sources of the sector.
Airbus declined to comment, which is larger than previous variations of 69 to 70 deliveries analysts.
The September delivery advance, compared to the 50 of the same month last year, raises the total accumulated from January to above the accumulated in 2024.
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However, it also leaves Airbus needing to get a quarter quarter record with 313 deliveries between October and December, an increase of 16% over the last three months of 2024 to reach the target of 820 deliveries for the whole year, Independent Analyst Rob Morris.
The previous peak of the fourth quarter was 297 in 2018, he added.
The September number implies that Airbus delivered 507 aircraft between January and September, a 2% increase over 497 in the first nine months last year. Deliveries in the middle of the year fell 5%.
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Airbus has seen the production of its A320 to be harmed by the delay in the delivery of engines, while facing difficulties with the plans to increase the production of its best selling model to 75 per month.
Even so, the European company is about to make history in the sector, as the total of A320 deliveries seems to match the Boeing 737 – or over 12,250 aircraft each – to become the best selling commercial jet, Morris said.
Airbus will release monthly orders and deliveries on October 8.
