PARIS, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Airbus has delivered around 30 aircraft in the first half of December, releasing jets at a below-average speed for the month as some airlines wait for details of fixes to a recent fuselage problem, industry sources and analysts said on Monday.
That leaves more than 100 to deliver in the second half of the month to reach a revised 2025 target of around 790 jets after Airbus delivered 657 jets between January and November.
“If they are to deliver another 104 aircraft to achieve the restated guidance of around 790, that seems like a very steep challenge at this point in the month,” said analyst Rob Morris, noting that Cirium data showed 29 deliveries as of last Friday.
Airbus, which has often shown a pattern of surging output in the final days of the year, declined comment on mid-month data.
(Reporting by Tim HepherEditing by Tomasz Janowski)
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