Aircraft
Airbus Maintains Delivery Target Despite ‘Fragile’ Supply Chain
Plans by Airbus to increase A320 family production rates now extend to the possibility of accelerating production of its widebodies.
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury expressed confidence that the company will meet its 700-aircraft production target this year. (Photo: Airbus)
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury expressed confidence that the company will meet its 700-aircraft production target this year. (Photo: Airbus)

Airbus continues to target a delivery total of “around 700 aircraft” this year despite persistent supply chain constraints, though CEO Guillaume Faury acknowledged that reaching that guidance will prove “challenging" after the airframer handed over only 437 commercial aircraft in the first nine months of 2022.


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