Airbus sets lower delivery goal in 2025

Airbus was forced to lower its delivery target for 2025 amid supplier quality issues with the A320 aircraft.

The Australia-based Centre for Aviation or CAPA said in a report the European aircraft manufacturer is about 600 aircraft behind its delivery target for the year. This was attributed to issues with aluminum fuselage panels from the supplier Sofitac Aero.

The issue caused disruption in the original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM) production timeline. It has affected “around 460 on Airbus’ production lines, including around 245 in final assembly.”

This specifically impacted deliveries in November, when 72 aircraft were sent to 42 clients. This was fewer than 78 delivered in October 2025 and 84 in November 2024.

Last November, Airbus announced an urgent global recall to its A320 aircraft troubled by a system issue. This affected around 100 flights in the Philippines and 6,000 flights globally.

Originally, the target for Airbus for 2025 is 820 aircraft deliveries. This was now trimmed down to around 790 aircraft.

As of the first 11 months of the year, the OEM’s delivery totaled 656 commercial aircraft.

This means that Airbus needs to complete around 130 deliveries to meet the adjusted target.

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CAPA cited the A320neo variants as still the OEM’s “bread-and-butter.”

Meanwhile, Airbus completed wide body deliveries of 25 A33-900s, 33 A350-900, 11 A350-1000 and 1 A330-800 for “an unidentified private customer.”

CAPA’s report further noted that nearly quarter of the deliveries have gone to leasing companies, accounting for 157 aircrafts.