With 766 aircraft delivered in 2024, Airbus is in great shape!
This page is translated from the original post "Avec 766 avions livrés en 2024, Airbus pète la forme !" in French.
- 11/01/2025 16:44
Despite a turbulent aviation sector, the European manufacturer Airbus experienced an excellent year in 2024.
Airbus marked 2024 by delivering a total of 766 commercial aircraft to 86 customers around the world. This figure, up from 735 deliveries in 2023, reaffirms the manufacturer’s ability to maintain a steady pace despite a complex industrial environment that is slowly recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2022. Supply chains are regaining their pre-crisis cruising speed, enabling faster delivery rates. It is important to distinguish between deliveries and orders…
A Solid Year in Orders
Airbus recorded 878 new gross orders in 2024, with 826 net orders after cancellations and adjustments. These orders include 82 A330-family aircraft and 142 A350s, indicating strong demand for wide-body aircraft. The total order backlog stood at 8,658 aircraft at the end of 2024, strengthening Airbus’s position as a global leader in the single-aisle market, while also seeing significant growth in the wide-body segment.
Christian Scherer, CEO of Airbus Commercial Aircraft, stated: “The sustained level of demand for new aircraft continued in 2024. Our key customers made strategic decisions in our favor, and our orders in the wide-body segment saw significant growth. In terms of deliveries, we stayed on track and reached important milestones, including the first delivery of the A321XLR, as well as those of the A330neo and A350 to several global customers.”
Distribution of Deliveries by Aircraft Family
Deliveries in 2024 by aircraft family are broken down as follows:
| Aircraft Family | Deliveries 2024 | Deliveries 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| A220 | 75 | 68 |
| A320 | 602 | 571 |
| A330 | 32 | 32 |
| A350 | 57 | 64 |
| Total | 766 | 735 |
The A320 family remains Airbus’s main driver with 602 aircraft delivered, followed by the A220 which saw a slight increase in deliveries. The A330 and A350 maintain stable volumes, despite a marginal decline for the latter.
Among the highlights of 2024, Airbus delivered the first units of the A321XLR, a single-aisle aircraft with extended range to meet the needs of airlines on long-haul routes. The deliveries of the A330neo and A350 allowed new customers to join the Airbus fleet, further strengthening its presence in the global market.
The charts below clearly show the variation in sales since the health crisis.
Outlook for 2025
Although the environment remains complex and rapidly changing, Airbus expresses confidence in its ability to meet production challenges and satisfy growing demand. Sector decarbonization naturally boosts sales and the renewal of the fleet. With nearly 9,000 firm orders pending, Airbus has an outlook of nearly 10 years… barring a new major global crisis. Of course, some large airlines reserve slots in advance, for aircraft they do not yet need. However, this long-term planning is a healthy indicator of the aviation sector’s robustness and confidence in future growth.
The full-year financial results for 2024 will be published on February 20, 2025, and are expected to provide more details on upcoming strategies.
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