PARIS (Reuters – Airbus confirms Wednesday that in May it delivered 6% fewer aircrafts than the previous year. The reason is tight supply chains and the difficulties the aerospace industry faces.

The total number of jets delivered by Airbus to date is now 235. This represents a 7% increase over the five-months prior. This confirms a Reuters Report last week that Airbus delivered 47 aircraft in May.

Airbus delivered 37 A320-family, single-aisle A320 aircraft. These are the mainstay of its income. This suggests that Airbus has added to an undeliverable backlog based on the latest announcement of 50 planes per month.

Airbus stated the figure in a recently filed legal document in dispute with Qatar Airways. But some suppliers believe that Omicron and supply gaps have meant that a global parts network has been running near the mid-40s each month.

Airbus said that they want to boost A320 production to 65 A320s per month by the middle next year. The move was driven by an accelerated recovery in medium haul travel. Airbus also plans to increase its monthly output by 75 per month in 2025.

According to one source, the deliveries in May were “not the breakthrough Airbus would like.” Airbus expects to deliver 720 commercial orders this year.

Guillaume Faury (CEO) stated on Tuesday that Airbus continues to be confident in future output projections.

Airbus has reported 13 new orders, including 4 more A350s ordered by Turkish Airlines. The Turkish Airlines announced last month that it would be ordering 6 of these planes.

Airbus has so far sold 364 aircrafts, 191 of which were cancelled. Boeing (NYSE 🙂 had 213 aircraft sold by April and 157 following comparable cancellations.