Airbus’ CEO of Commercial Aircraft, Christian Scherer, has described 2024 as a “good year” for the company, despite just falling short of its delivery target over the 12 months.
On January 9, 2025, Airbus confirmed that it had delivered 766 commercial aircraft to 86 customers around the world during 2024 and racked up 878 gross new orders.
In July 2024, Airbus reduced its delivery target for the year from 800 planes to around 770, citing the shortage of engines and other key components.
Scherer said: “2024 confirmed sustained demand for new aircraft. We won key customer decisions with most important customers and saw phenomenal momentum for our widebody orderbook, complementing our leading position in the single aisle market. On deliveries, we kept our trajectory and celebrated several landmark firsts. These include the first ever A321XLR as well as first A330neo and A350 deliveries to several customers globally.”
To hit Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury’s delivery target for the year, the planemaker would have needed to deliver around 127 aircraft in December 2024. However, the latest results show that only 123 arrived with customers.
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At the end of 2023, Airbus reached its yearly target of “around 720” deliveries, with 112 aircraft delivered in December 2023.
Scherer added: “Given the complex and fast-changing environment we continue to operate in, we consider 2024 a good year. It has been a massive team effort to deliver this 2024 result. A big thanks to Team Airbus who do what they do, every day, for our customers. And a big thanks to our customers for continuing to put their trust in us and grow our partnerships across the world.”
During 2024, 604 A320 family aircraft were delivered, followed by 75 A220 family aircraft, 57 A350 family aircraft and 32 A330 family aircraft.