European aircraft maker Airbus has increased deliveries of planes to 766 even as the company struggles to return to pre-pandemic production levels.
The sales are higher than the 735 planes Airbus delivered in 2023, but lower than the 800 planes originally expected to be delivered in 2024. That limit was brought down to 770 during the year due to difficulties sourcing engines and other equipment.
In 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Airbus delivered 863 aircraft.
"Given the complex and fast-changing environment in which we continue to operate, we consider 2024 to be a good year," said Airbus commercial aircraft division head Christian Scherer, who clarified that the planes went to 86 customers.
Scherer is optimistic about 2025, although the group's problems are not yet over. He predicts that the 2019 production record will be improved in the "foreseeable future".
"The environment remains difficult. The external environment, the geopolitics. The supply chain continues to have weak links that we need to resolve. But I'm confident that we're on the right track, that we're following the pace that we've planned, and that we will see continued improvement and growth through 2025," he added. | BGNES
