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Airbus A320 family aircraft deliveries hit three-month low in November

The Airbus A320 family aircraft suffered software and supplier issues in November.

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Airbus has officially confirmed its orders and deliveries for the month of November, with the planemaker delivering the lowest number of A320neo family aircraft in the past three months, as the manufacturer grappled with a software and then a supplier-side issue.

On December 5, 2025, Airbus confirmed that in November, it had delivered a total of 72 aircraft and secured 75 gross orders, ending the 11-month period with a total of 657 deliveries. No orders were canceled during the month.

In November, Airbus delivered 10 A220-300, one A319neo, 18 A320neo, 35 A321neo, one A330-800 to a private customer, three A330-900, including Air Algérie’s first, two A350-900, and two A350-1000 aircraft.

However, the month had the lowest number of delivered A320neo family aircraft since August. In November, Airbus handed over 54 A320neo family aircraft, one A319neo, 18 A230neo, and 35 A321neo, compared to 64 and 59 A320neo family jets in October and September, respectively.

In August, Airbus’ A320neo family aircraft deliveries numbered 47, compared to 54 in July and 43 in June. During the year, the slowest month for the single-aisle jets, which include the A321XLR, was in January, when the European planemaker was fresh off its December 2024 rush to reach its year-end target of “around” 770 aircraft, ending the year with 766 deliveries.

In November 2024, the planemaker’s customers welcomed 84 aircraft, of which 66 belonged to the A320neo aircraft family.

This year, November was quite turbulent for the planemaker. First, it had to deal with the software problem related to the elevator aileron computer (ELAC), resulting in emergency airworthiness directives (EADs) that potentially affected around 6,000 A320 family aircraft, including the older-generation A320ceo aircraft, mandating software and/or hardware replacements.

Then, an issue affecting in-production A320neo family aircraft forced Airbus to concede that it would not be able to reach its delivery goal of “around” 820 aircraft in 2025. On December 1, the company, citing “a recent supplier quality issue on fuselage panels impacting its A320 Family delivery flow,” cut the target to “around” 790 jets, yet maintained its year-end financial guidance.

Thus, in order to reach its adjusted delivery goal, it will have to deliver 133 aircraft in December.

In terms of orders, Airbus, despite the recent Dubai Airshow, where it bested Boeing in raw order numbers with 332 orders, including memorandums of understanding (MoU), added only 75 gross orders to its backlog during the month.

One undisclosed customer purchased 13 A320neo and seven A321neo, while another ordered eight A350-1000s. Silk Way West Airlines and Etihad Airways’ orders for two A350F and six A330-900s, respectively, were added to Airbus’ backlog. Both deals were disclosed during the Dubai Airshow.

IndiGo also confirmed its 30-strong A350-900 order from October, and Air China Cargo’s order for six A350Fs was present in the planemaker’s backlog. A private customer signed an agreement for one A320neo, presumably the ACJ320neo.

Some other Dubai Airshow orders had already been in the planemaker’s backlog, assigned to undisclosed customers. For example, Etihad Airways ordered the six A330-900s, as well as three A350F and seven A350-1000 aircraft, during the event, with the A350F and A350-1000 orders being placed in January and August, respectively.

Emirates’ deal for eight additional A350-900s was done and dusted in September, yet was disclosed only during the event.