Airbus has published its latest financial results which show the planemaker delivered less than 20% of its annual commercial aircraft delivery target in the first quarter of 2025.
In February 2025, Airbus announced that it planned to deliver “around 820” commercial aircraft this year but between January and March only 136 were delivered – 17% of the annual target.
On April 30, 2025, the CEO of Airbus, Guillaume Faury, said that the company was “ramping up production” in line with its plans “but the delivery profile will be backloaded”.
In a statement, Faury said that this reflected the “specific supply chain challenges we are facing this year”.
According to FlightGlobal, during a briefing Faury told the audience that 17 aircraft had been parked while awaiting engines from CFM International.
In 2024, Airbus reported that it had made 142 aircraft deliveries in the first quarter to 45 airline customers.
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In other updates, Airbus announced that the company’s revenues increased 6% year-on-year to €13.5 billion ($15.2 billion) from €12.8 billion ($14.4 billion) in 2024.
The company’s EBIT Adjusted also rose by 8% to €624 million ($706 million) in the first quarter from €577 million ($653) in the same period last year.
Airbus Helicopters’ Adjusted EBIT increased to €78 million ($88 million) in this year’s first quarter from €71 million ($80 million) in 2024. Airbus Defense and Space amounted to €77 million ($87 million).
“Our Q1 results demonstrate the progress we are making on our priorities across the business,” said Faury.
Of the 136 commercial aircraft delivered, 17 were A220s, 106 A320 Family aircraft, four A330s and nine A350s.
Gross commercial aircraft orders totaled 280 (Q1 2024: 170) with net orders of 204 aircraft after cancellations and as of March 31, 2025, the order backlog stands at 8,726.
Airbus production targets
Airbus reaffirmed its ambitions to ramp up the A320 family program towards a rate of 75 aircraft per month in 2027.
The planemaker also continues to target a rate of 12 per month for the A350 in 2028 and a monthly A220 production rate of 14 aircraft in 2026.
However, Airbus did warn that “specific supply chain challenges, notably with Spirit AeroSystems, are currently putting pressure on the ramp up of the A350 and the A220”.
In its outlook for the year, Airbus confirmed it is still targeting around 820 commercial aircraft deliveries but said this “excludes the impact of tariffs on its business”.
“We maintain the guidance that excludes tariffs which are adding complexity and remain uncertain in terms of implementation, scope and duration. We are closely monitoring and assessing the situation, but it is too early to quantify the impact today,” added Faury.
