Airbus third-quarter earnings down as deliveries slip but airframer maintains ramp-up targets

Fewer A330s handed over in three-month period as horizontal stabilisers inspected over lost tool. Airbus is maintaining its full-year deliveries target at around 870 aircraft, while its production ramp-up ambitions remain similarly unchanged at the nine-month mark. But he airframer’s third-quarter commercial aircraft earnings were down by 12% to €1...

• Published date: 28-10-2026 05:19 PM