Airbus sees slowest start to a year for aircraft deliveries this decade
Airbus has posted its first orders and deliveries data for 2026, indicating a slow start to the year after the manufacturer failed to reach initial annual targets at the end of 2025.
On February 6, 2026, Airbus confirmed that 19 commercial aircraft had been delivered during January 2026, with 15 customers including Lufthansa and United Airlines receiving brand-new jets.
In January 2025, Airbus delivered 26 aircraft, while a year earlier the planemaker managed to deliver 30 jets.
When reaching further back in time, it becomes even clearer that Airbus’s start to 2026 has been far from noteworthy.
Using previous reports published by Airbus and news articles from the time, here are the January deliveries over the past few years, stretching back to 2019:
2026: 19
2025: 25
2024: 30
2023: 20
2022: 30
2021: 21
2020: 31
2019: 39
During an interview at the recent World Governments Summit in Dubai, CEO of Airbus Guillaume Faury admitted that the company had faced significant supply chain issues, according to Reuters.
Faury cited aircraft engines as the trickiest parts to secure during 2024 and 2025, noting that there was such high aircraft demand that there is “probably room for other players”.
Towards the end of 2025, it was widely reported that Airbus had dozens of planes ready to be delivered, but still awaiting engines.
Airbus lowered its original annual delivery guidance of around 820 aircraft to around 790 in early December 2025, after identifying a quality issue at a supplier that affected A320-family fuselage panels.
The company eventually ended the year by delivering 793 commercial aircraft to 91 customers. It plans to publish its full 2025 financial results on February 19, 2026.
Additionally, Airbus secured 49 orders in January 2026. One undisclosed customer ordered six A321neos, while another ordered two.
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