Airbus Underperforming In 2025

Airbus has confirmed that it delivered 63 aircraft in June 2025, with 35 customers taking delivery of new aircraft.

Ultimately, this brings the total deliveries for the year across the first six months to 306, with 65 customers welcoming new planes.

However, the number of 306 is still significantly lower than what Airbus would have expected; additionally, it represents a lower figure than 2024 as well.

Across the same period in 2024, Airbus delivered 323 planes, a 5.56% reduction, which is expected to continue in 2025. This is not a progression and indicates an uphill battle to perform across the remaining months of the year.

The planemaker laid out ambitious targets for 2025, aiming to achieve 820 commercial aeroplane deliveries; this figure has been under pressure to be reached for some time.

At this point, despite facing adversity, the planemaker has not publicly stated otherwise; it remains focused on achieving this target.

Much of Airbus’ struggles to meet its targets stem from its global supply chains. The global reliance on companies to provide key components for aircraft production has been fractured for many years now.

As a result, Airbus has faced challenges in returning to the production levels it would like, alongside prospective increases, but progress continues to be made despite these challenges.

Airbus will ultimately face an uphill battle to reach its target of 820 commercial aeroplane deliveries by 2025; however, with a strong finish similar to 2024 and consistency, there remains some hope, while others are more sceptical.

What About Airbus vs Boeing?

Airbus’ most direct competitor, Boeing, has faced numerous challenges over recent periods, which has put the European company in a prime position to pounce for several years.

Despite this, Boeing invested significant time, effort, and substantial sums of money in 2024 to turn around its fortunes, with a greater focus on ramping up production to deliver high-quality products.

Now, while 2025 has had its obstacles for the planemaker, there are beginning to be fruits of the labour that has been put in, as deliveries start ramping up and so does commercial aircraft order interest.

Boeing still lags behind Airbus in the yearly delivery tally; however, it is certainly not by a significant margin, unlike in recent periods. In the first six months, Boeing shipped off 280 planes, which is slightly down from the 306 at Airbus.

Additionally, Boeing delivered 60 planes in June, just three fewer than Airbus, primarily aided by the resumption of deliveries to Chinese operators after a multi-month suspension due to trade tensions.

While Boeing still has a long way to go, the underperforming Airbus now faces the prospect of a returning Boeing, which will aim to certify its remaining aircraft sooner rather than later and obtain approval to increase production caps on jets such as the 737 MAX.