Air TransportAirbus delivered only 55 commercial aircraft in April, six fewer than in the same month of 2024 and 15 below March. The company has reported supply chain difficulties that are expected to last until the summer.
Last month, 27 A321neo, 15 A320neo, six A220-300, three A350-900, two A330-900, one A220-100 and one A350-1000 were delivered.
From January to April, Airbus reached 192 deliveries, or 11 fewer than in 2024 (down 5.4%).
Despite the result, the company reaffirmed in recent days its guidance of 820 deliveries in 2025, betting on an improvement in the second half of the year.
In a press conference, Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus, revealed that there were 17 aircraft from the A320neo family parked at its facilities without the CFM Leap-1 engines, nicknamed ‘gliders’.
A220 family on the rise
In fact, the A320neo model has been pulling the numbers down this year. While the A321neo variant delivered one more aircraft than in 2024, the mid-size jet is 32% below last year’s level.
There have been 52 deliveries so far compared to 76 in 2024, a year in which the volume was already falling.
Two other aircraft have negative numbers, the A350-1000 and the A330-900, but the widebodies have little influence on the overall results.
At the other end of the spectrum, the highlight is the A220 family, which has already delivered 60% more aircraft this year (24 versus 15), especially the A220-300, with 22 deliveries.
Interestingly, the A319neo, a low-demand variant, has delivered five aircraft versus zero in 2024 so far.
