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Airbus Faces Steep Challenge to Meet Ambitious Delivery Target

The delivery ceremony of Air Cote d'Ivoire's first Airbus A330-900neo aircraft in Toulouse, France, on Sept. 3.

Photographer: Matthieu Rondel/Bloomberg

Airbus SE will need to hand over close to 100 aircraft each month to customers in the remainder of 2025 — considerably more than at any point so far this year — if the European planemaker wants to achieve its ambitious delivery target.

The company delivered 61 aircraft in August, Airbus said on Friday, bringing the number to date to 434 units. That’s less than the 67 achieved in July, and below a peak of 71 in March.