Airbus delivers 621 aircraft in January-October, a 6% increase
Nov 6 (Reuters) - Airbus AIR.PA reported on Friday a 6.2% year-on-year increase in aircraft deliveries between January and October, bringing the year-to-date tally to 621.
It handed over 74 jets to 45 customers in October, just below the 78 in the same month a year ago
The European planemaker needs to deliver roughly 249 aircraft by the end of 2026 to reach its widely watched goal of 870
Analysts at Jefferies had expected 77 deliveries in October
Airbus delivered 4 A330 wide-body and 39 A321neo single-aisle jets last month, as the recently discovered quality flaws on some of these models have been contained, CEO Guillaume Faury said
The company sold 202 planes in October, bringing the total number of gross orders for the year so far to 1,376 jets
Two new cancellations of two jets brought the total cancellations in the period to 71. Airbus reported 1,305 net orders since January