Airbus flagged short-term production pressures and confirmed a delay to its A350 freighter as it predicted a 7% increase in deliveries to around 820 jets this year, while continuing to clean up troubled space and defence projects.

Guillaume Faury, the CEO of Airbus said he would be happy if space merger talks with Thales and Leonardo led to a venture like the MBDA European missile project

Airbus has published its financial results for 2024 with the planemaker aiming to deliver around 820 new commercial airplanes in 2025.

Airbus flagged short-term production pressures and confirmed a delay to its A350 freighter as it predicted a 7% increase in deliveries to around 820 jets this year, while continuing to clean up troubled space and defence projects.

Airbus set a modest aircraft delivery target for 2025 and took an additional charge against its space business as the world’s largest planemaker continued to struggle with supply chain constraints.

Airbus flagged short-term production pressures and confirmed a delay to its A350 freighter as it predicted a 7% increase in deliveries to around 820 jets this year, while continuing to clean up troubled space and defence projects.