Airbus Misses 2024 Delivery Target

Despite substantial efforts to reach a 2024 goal, Airbus has reportedly missed its yearly delivery target of 770 units.

However, for Airbus, it was the last month of the year that can be applauded, given that 120 aircraft, according to Bloomberg sources, were handed over in the last 31 days of the year.

Paired with a successful November, these final two months, as they typically do, helped Airbus get ever so close to its target of 770 units, but not close enough to reach this target.

The end period of the year is always fascinating to follow as the festive rush seen around many businesses is also met with intensity at plane makers as they attempt to push out aircraft as soon as possible.

Airbus has reportedly delivered 760 aircraft across the 2024 calendar year, again spurred on by the 120 delivered in the year’s final month. Official numbers and ever-so-specific deliveries will come on January 9.

The European planemaker initially targeted 800 aircraft deliveries across the 2024 calendar year based on the assumption that supply chains would improve over twelve months.

Unfortunately, despite hopes, these didn’t eventuate, and instead, it was an incredibly challenging period for Airbus, where they quickly realised that 800 planes in one year wouldn’t be attainable.

Following that realisation, the manufacturer looked to revise its target, and that’s where the total of 770 planes came about; however, as the year progressed, Airbus knew it would be under the pump to get this many planes sent off to airlines.

Coming up just ten units short, however, can be considered a success and an improvement on the performance across 2023. However, more work must be done to rebuild the planemaker’s continued production efforts.

2025 will be another year of importance for Airbus as they rebuild their business and find ways to meet customers’ needs, albeit with continued delays being publicised. Limiting these delays will be crucial in the coming years.

Therefore, with importance placed on the new year, the target Airbus puts forward for the deliveries it hopes to achieve will be fascinating; this figure has yet to be revealed.

Moreover, despite the struggles in meeting the target, Airbus’ performance still cleared that of its competitor, Boeing, which experienced struggle after struggle.

The American manufacturer is still bruised and beaten following incidents resulting in output rates being capped to strike action in 2024. As a result, Airbus was able to cement its lead as the largest planemaker.