European manufacturer Airbus fell just short of meeting its annual delivery target for 2024 by handing over about 760 aircraft to customers, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
Deliveries in December alone came close to 120, according to people familiar with the numbers, who cautioned that the final tally may differ slightly. The company is set to reveal its official orders and deliveries for 2024 on Jan. 9, though stock-market regulation would have required Airbus to disclose publicly if it had fallen materially short of its 770-unit goal.
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The December rush marks a turnaround for the company after struggling for months to ramp up output because of bottlenecks in the supply chain. Airbus had set out the year with a goal of delivering 800 aircraft in 2024 and was forced to pare back the target in June because of missing parts.
Airbus hasn’t issued a new goal yet for planned deliveries this year, a closely watched metric that provides investors with a monthly progress report on the health of the commercial aviation industry. Analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence estimate Airbus will hand over 869 aircraft in 2025.
The company has a backlog of thousands of jets, giving it years of continuous work as airlines clamor to get their hands on the latest fuel-efficient models like the A320neo or the larger A350 widebody.
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