Aircraft
Airbus Beats Full-year Target for Commercial Aircraft Deliveries
The European airframer handed over 611 aircraft to customers in 2021, which marks an 8 percent improvement over pandemic-hit 2020.

Thanks to a bumper December, Airbus beat its full-year 2021 target of 600 commercial aircraft deliveries as it handed over 611 jets to customers. The European OEMs managed to ship 93 aircraft in December, the highest number of any month in 2021, according to its orders and deliveries overview released on Monday. The total of 611 commercial deliveries marks a welcome improvement over 2020 when it handed over just 566 jets to customers as the Covid-19 pandemic forced airlines to scale back operations. Still, the 2021 delivery tally remains well below the total for 2019, when Airbus achieved a new record with 863 commercial aircraft deliveries to 99 customers.


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