Airbus expects weak first half of the year, but reaffirms guidance of 820 aircraft delivered by 2025
With six fewer aircraft delivered in the first quarter compared to 2024, Airbus acknowledged that the crisis in the supply chain continues to affect its performance in commercial aviation.
According to the company, the situation will persist for a few more months, but should normalize in the second half of the year, which led it to reaffirm its guidance of 820 commercial aircraft to be delivered in 2025.
In a press conference, Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus, revealed that 17 aircraft from the A320neo family were parked in the first quarter due to a lack of Leap-1 engines, supplied by CFM.
As previously reported, the manufacturer delivered 136 aircraft until March, compared to 142 in the first quarter of last year.
The outlook, however, does not consider the potential effects of tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.
A220 and A350 programs affected
In addition to the 2025 delivery target, Airbus maintained its plan to increase monthly production of the A320neo family to 75 aircraft in 2027.
The order backlog as of March was 7,256 aircraft, 73% of which were A321neo variants.
Airbus also said that problems with suppliers have particularly affected the A220 and A350 programs, which depend on Spirit Aerosystems, a company that is being taken over by Boeing.
In recent days, Airbus announced an agreement to take over several assembly lines of the US company that supply aerostructures for its aircraft.
Despite this, the targets of producing 14 A220s per month in 2026 and 12 A350s per month in 2028 remain unchanged.
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