Airbus Exceeds Annual Target With 733 Plane Deliveries In 2023

Dhaka: Airbus managed to beat its annual delivery target in 2023 as the European planemaker ramped up output in December, 2023, according to reports. The world's one of the largest commercial aircraft manufacturer likely handed over 733 planes to customers in 2023.

Of those, 579 were for its bestselling A320neo family of single-aisle jets, added reports. Widebody A350 aircraft accounted for 57 units.

Reports cited a person familiar with Airbus's numbers saying, the company exceeded its goal, delivering over 730 aircraft to customers. Airbus had a target of 720 deliveries for the year.

Despite a slow pace of deliveries in the first few months, the figures vindicate, Airbus maintained the target throughout the year. Toulouse, France-based Airbus was forced to lower its goal twice in 2022 as the fallout from the pandemic led to shortages in supplies.

Output at Airbus typically surges in December, 2023, as the European planemaker runs factories at full bore to meet annual targets.

Airbus and rival Boeing Co are in efforts to strike a balance between customers buying planes in record numbers and suppliers still struggling to keep up with the faster pace of production.

Airbus started December 97 planes short of its annual target, meaning the company managed to achieve near-record output in the final month of the year. The manufacturer shipped 138 planes in December 2019.

The company is slated to reveal its official delivery tally later in January 2024.

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