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Airbus delivered 507 jets in first nine months
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Airbus delivered 507 jets in the first nine months of 2023, with a record 73 in September, due to improved engine supplies. The company targets 820 deliveries by year-end.
PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus said on Wednesday it had delivered 507 jets in the first nine months, leaving 313 more airplanes to deliver in the fourth quarter to reach a full-year target of around 820.
The world's largest planemaker confirmed a Reuters report that it had delivered 73 jets in September, a record for that month of the year, in a sign of improved engine supplies.
An Airbus spokesperson said the number of so-called gliders, or otherwise fully assembled aircraft parked on the ground waiting for their engines, had fallen from a peak of 60 announced earlier this year, but did not give a new figure.
The jump in September deliveries from 50 in the same month last year and the drop in the number of gliders suggest that engine arrivals have sped up in recent weeks, after being impacted by a recent strike at supplier CFM as well as competing demand for spare engines from airlines.
(Reporting by Tim Hepher; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
Aircraft delivery refers to the process of transferring an aircraft from the manufacturer to the buyer, which marks the completion of the manufacturing process and the beginning of the aircraft's operational life.
Engine supplies refer to the components and parts necessary for the production and maintenance of aircraft engines, which are critical for the performance and safety of the aircraft.
In aviation, a glider is an aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine. However, the term 'glider' can also refer to fully assembled aircraft that are awaiting engine installation.
A financial target is a specific goal set by a company regarding its revenue, profit, or other financial metrics that it aims to achieve within a certain timeframe.
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