Airbus (OTCPK:EADSF) (OTCPK:EADSY) remains on track to deliver 820 aircraft this year, but the target depends heavily on engine makers keeping pace, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing Chief Executive Guillaume Faury.
Speaking at an aviation conference hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Faury said that Airbus (OTCPK:EADSF) (OTCPK:EADSY) met its internal delivery goals in July and August, giving it momentum heading into the final stretch of 2025. The company delivered 61 planes in August, bringing year-to-date handovers to 434. To meet its annual target, however, Airbus (OTCPK:EADSF) (OTCPK:EADSY) will need to deliver nearly 100 jets each month through December, a pace the CEO acknowledged is “stressful” but possible.
Engines for the A320 family remain the main bottleneck, forcing Airbus (OTCPK:EADSF) (OTCPK:EADSY) at times to store completed jets awaiting installation. Faury said he expects the supply chain constraint to ease toward year-end, though he conceded the company is “a bit behind” its ideal schedule.
Single-aisle aircraft, including the A320, are central to Airbus’s commercial business, as well as Boeing’s (NYSE:BA). Looking further ahead, Faury said Airbus (OTCPK:EADSF) (OTCPK:EADSY) is developing a next-generation narrowbody slated for the latter part of the next decade. The model is expected to deliver 25% efficiency gains, with improvements split between engine advances and innovations in design, aerodynamics and materials, Bloomberg News reported.