The European aircraft manufacturer will miss its already lowered target for deliveries. And Airbus is also slowing down elsewhere.
That As a precaution, the annual target was lowered in Toulouse at the end of July. Instead of the planned 720, only around 700 deliveries would be made in 2022, Airbus announced at the time. Now the European aircraft manufacturer has to admit that it won’t be able to do that either. Airbus announced on Tuesday (December 6) that after an increase of 68 aircraft in November, the number of aircraft delivered is currently only 565.
The manufacturer does not give a new estimate. However, the final number of deliveries will not be “significantly below the target”, according to the company. In 2021, the 611 jets were handed over to customersin 2020 there were 566 and in the pre-pandemic year 2019 the value was 836. Deliveries are so important for the manufacturers because usually a large part of the agreed purchase price only flows when the vehicle is handed over.
Suppliers have problems
Airbus blames a complex environment for the slower pace of deliveries. What is meant by this is that many suppliers – such as engine builders – also have problems achieving their goals. Because there are stagnations everywhere in the supply chain – due to changes in demand and bottlenecks in personnel and transport. These problems would last “longer than previously expected,” the company said.
That is why Airbus will also slow down if there is another plan. The speed of ramping up production for the A320 family will be adjusted. Because demand was recovering after the pandemic, the aircraft manufacturer was still thinking about it in early summer, like him At the beginning of 2024, a monthly output of 70 aircraft per month could reach. These plans are now obsolete.
Production rate of 75 remains target
Now Airbus will target a production rate of 65 jets in 2023 and 2024. However, hold on target of producing 75 A320 Family aircraft per month by mid-decade.