Air TransportA320neo recovers and helps Airbus increase deliveries in October
Airbus confirmed market speculation pointing to deliveries of 78 aircraft in October. With this, the European planemaker reached 585 commercial jets delivered this year, a 4.7% increase compared to the first 10 months of 2024.
The A320neo family showed a significant recovery, a sign that production bottlenecks are beginning to be resolved. The three variants had 64 deliveries in October, with the A320neo standing out with 25 jets, the highest level of the year.
On the other hand, Airbus began to suffer with the A220 assembly line in America. Only four A220-300s were delivered compared to nine aircraft in September (including a single A220-100).
In the accumulated figures for 2025, there is still a good advantage with 66 aircraft delivered compared to 53 in 2024, but the drop raises concerns about the problematic family, which in recent days saw SWISS ground part of its fleet due to difficulties with the PW GTF engines.
Among the widebodies, the A350 had seven deliveries, the highest level of the year as well, but only two more than last year so far. The A330 had three units sent to customers and remains one aircraft below the 2024 target.
Decline in Spirit orders
The order backlog as of October shows 25,246 aircraft, with 8,698 aircraft pending delivery.
The positive points were the inclusion of 100 firm orders for A321neo, two A350F by MNG, three A320neo and six A321neo from undisclosed customers and one A320 from a private customer.
There were movements, however. Spirit Airlines, amidst its Chapter 11 financial restructuring, appeared with a write-off of 23 A320neo and 29 A320neo aircraft. Apparently, the aircraft were transferred to NAS Aviation Services.
Orders for 47 A320neo and five A350-900 aircraft, which appeared as being from undisclosed customers, were added to the ABRA Group, which controls Avianca, GOL, and Wamos, and is now listed as a new Airbus customer.
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