This article is based on an official press release from Airbus.

Airbus Delivers 793 Aircraft in 2025, Surpassing Revised Targets Amid Supply Chain Constraints

Airbus has retained its status as the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer for the seventh consecutive year, reporting 793 commercial aircraft deliveries for 2025. According to the company’s official figures released today, this represents a 4% increase over the 766 aircraft delivered in 2024. The final tally slightly exceeds the manufacturer’s revised guidance of “around 790” aircraft, a target that was adjusted late in the year due to persistent industrial bottlenecks.

In addition to its delivery performance, the European planemaker secured 1,000 gross orders, resulting in 889 net orders after cancellations. This commercial activity has pushed the company’s total backlog to a record high of 8,754 aircraft, signaling robust long-term demand despite a “complex and dynamic operating environment.”

2025 Delivery Performance by Family

The A320 Family continued to serve as the backbone of Airbus’s industrial output, accounting for the vast majority of deliveries. However, the A220 program saw the most significant percentage growth year-over-year.

According to the data released by Airbus, the delivery breakdown by aircraft family is as follows:

• A220 Family: 93 deliveries (up 24% from 75 in 2024)
• A320 Family: 607 deliveries (up 0.8% from 602 in 2024)
• A330 Family: 36 deliveries (up 12.5% from 32 in 2024)
• A350 Family: 57 deliveries (unchanged from 2024)

The figures highlight a stabilization in widebody production, with the A330 seeing a double-digit percentage increase, while the A350 remained flat at 57 units. The A320 Family’s growth was modest, reflecting the intense supply chain pressures affecting single-aisle production lines.

Supply Chain Challenges and Strategic Adjustments

While the 793 deliveries mark a year-on-year improvement, the figure falls short of Airbus’s original 2025 target of 820 aircraft. The company was forced to lower this guidance late in the year. In its statement, Airbus acknowledged the difficulties of the past year, citing a supply chain that remains fragile post-pandemic.

Industry analysis indicates that specific bottlenecks, particularly regarding fuselage components from suppliers, hampered the ability to reach the initial 820-unit goal. A significant “December push”, a traditional year-end surge in aerospace logistics, saw the manufacturer deliver 136 aircraft in the final month alone, allowing it to clear the revised threshold of 790.

Orders and Backlog

Commercial momentum remained strong throughout 2025. Airbus reported a book-to-bill ratio greater than one, meaning it received more orders than it fulfilled. The backlog now stands at 8,754 jets, providing significant visibility for production planning through the end of the decade.

“We delivered 793 commercial aircraft in 2025, an increase of 4% compared to 2024, and we reached a record backlog of 8,754 aircraft.”

Airbus Press Release

Competitive Landscape

Airbus’s performance cements its lead over rival Boeing for another year. While Boeing has not yet released full-year confirmed figures for 2025, data from January through November 2025 showed the US manufacturer at 537 deliveries. Boeing’s production was severely impacted by a machinists’ strike in late 2024 and ongoing regulatory scrutiny following the Alaska Airlines incident earlier in the cycle.

Market analysts estimate that Airbus currently holds approximately 70% of the delivery market share for 2025, a disparity driven largely by the divergent industrial stability of the two aerospace giants.

AirPro News Analysis

The ability of Airbus to meet its revised target of 790 deliveries will likely be viewed by investors as a stabilizing signal. After the disappointment of the guidance downgrade, missing the lower target would have raised serious questions about management’s visibility into its own supply chain. Instead, the delivery of 793 units suggests that while the supply chain is “complex,” it is not broken.

However, the flat performance of the A350 and the marginal growth of the A320 family (less than 1%) indicate that the ramp-up is slower than the market desires. The record backlog is a double-edged sword: it proves demand is insatiable, but it also increases pressure on Airbus to solve component shortages, specifically engines and fuselages, to prevent delivery slots from slipping further into the 2030s.

With the acquisition of key Spirit AeroSystems sites on the horizon, 2026 will likely be a year of vertical integration for Airbus as it attempts to insulate itself from the supplier volatility that defined 2025.

Sources:

• Airbus Press Release