European aerospace group got 766 jets to customers despite supply chain issues hampering ambition to reach ‘around 770’

The European plane maker delivered fewer aircraft than expected last year as persisting supply-chain hurdles weighed on production.

Airbus’s (OTCPK:EADSY) (OTCPK:EADSF) deliveries of commercial planes rose 4.2% from a year earlier to 766 in 2024, the highest in five years. The delivery total likely affirms that the European aviation company maintained its spot as the world’s biggest maker of jetliners,

European plane maker Airbus said Thursday it increased aircraft deliveries to 766 as the company still struggles to return to pre-pandemic production levels.Airbus and Boeing chopped production during the Covid crisis that started in 2019,

Airbus ended last year with 826 net orders, having delivered a total of 766 aircraft - just shy of the 770 target it had set. The airframer took orders for four long-haul jets in December - three A330-900s for Air Algerie plus a single A350-900 for an undisclosed customer.