By Tim Hepher and Alessandro Parodi
PARIS, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Airbus deliveries rose 4% last year to reach 793 aircraft, putting it on course to remain the world’s largest planemaker despite recent industrial snags, the European aerospace group said on Monday.
Airbus warned of a “continued complex and dynamic operating environment” as it posted deliveries edging past its revised goal of around 790 jets, which had been lowered from 820 last month due to a problem at a Spanish fuselage parts supplier.
Airbus said it had won 1,000 gross orders last year, or a net total of 889 after cancellations: both higher than in 2024.
Boeing, which is due to issue its own full-year data on Tuesday, delivered 537 jets and won 1,000 gross orders – or 908 after cancellations – between January and November.
“It does indicate the supply chain remains challenged, but I think Airbus will argue they could have achieved (original) 2025 guidance were it not for the relatively late new quality issue,” aviation analyst Rob Morris said.
“But that illustrates an increasingly complex supply chain that they are not fully on top of.”
Airbus said it had delivered 607 of its benchmark A320-family jets, up 1%. These have suffered the brunt of recent engine delays and other snags in a supply chain still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic that hit headlines five years ago.
Wide-body deliveries also rose 1% led by the A330, though those of the flagship A350 – hit during the year by a separate problem in receiving a key fuselage section – were flat at 57 jets.
Deliveries of the smallest Airbus model, the A220, rose 24% to 93 aircraft.
(Reporting by Tim Hepher, Alessandro Parodi; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten and Tomasz Janowski)
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