Airbus aircraft deliveries to end-August rose 9%
The European planemaker said A320-family deliveries rose 11% and it sold 67 planes in August as it works toward 870 deliveries in 2026.
- On Monday, data showed Airbus deliveries rose 9% in the first eight months of 2026 to 475 jets, up from 434 last year, keeping the European planemaker broadly on track for its annual target.
- A production snag involving a lost tool discovered in an A330 tail section forced a suspension of deliveries in June and July, leaving the wide-body program down 31% to 11 units so far this year.
- Deliveries of the A320-family narrowbody rose 11%, while the France-based company recorded 67 total sales in August, including eight A350F freighters sold to an undisclosed customer.
- Operations for the A330 resumed in August with one handover, marking a return to service after the production defect halted shipments for two months.
- Airbus is targeting 870 deliveries in 2026, a 10% increase from the 793 planes delivered in 2025, as the company works to catch up following recent production challenges.
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Aircraft deliveries slowed down in August at Airbus: only 57 aircraft compared to 61 in August 2025. However, the total delivered over the year remains higher than last year at the same time. The aircraft manufacturer forecasts a record delivery this year with 870 aircraft.
Airbus announced on Monday 7 September 2026 a decline in its aircraft deliveries in August compared to July and especially the same month in 2025. Will it hold its annual targets?
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Airbus jet deliveries increased 9% in the first eight months of 2026, keeping the European aircraft manufacturer on the right track to meet its annual target, although the company still needs to recover some of the delay in A330's deliveries after a production problem, according to data released on Monday (7). Airbus reported in a monthly newsletter that delivered 475 jets between January and August, compared to 434 in the same period last year.…
Airbus aircraft deliveries to end-August rose 9%
Airbus jet deliveries rose 9% in the first eight months of 2026, leaving the European planemaker broadly on track to meet its target for the year, but with some catching-up to do on its A330 jet following a production snag, data showed on Monday.
Airbus accelerates aircraft production and deliveries Airbus has managed to deliver 475 aircraft in the first eight months of 2026, which is 9% more than in the same period last year and puts the European manufacturer overall on track to meet its annual target of 870 aircraft. In August alone, the company delivered 57 aircraft, with deliveries of the wide-body A330 resumed after a temporary interruption due to the discovery of a forgotten tool i…
Airbus has announced order and delivery data for August 2026. The European aircraft maker delivered a total of 57 aircraft to 31 customers in August, while it received 67 gross orders in the same period.
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