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Airbus said on Monday it delivered 793 commercial aircraft in 2025, a slight increase from the previous year but falling short of its initial ambitions due to a manufacturing problem.The European manufacturer had originally targeted a seven percent increase in deliveries of commercial aircraft to airlines, but fuselage panel quality issues on its flagship A320 model contributed to holding back the gain to four percent.Both Airbus and its rival Boeing have struggled to return to pre-pandemic production levels as their entire network of suppliers was disrupted, even as airlines are eager to modernise their fleets with more fuel-efficient aircraft and expand to meet an expected increase in passenger numbers over the coming decades.Airbus still has considerable ground to cover to reach the 863 aircraft it delivered in 2019, the year before the pandemic upended the global economy.Investors keep a close eye on delivery figures as airlines pay the majority of the price of aircraft upon taking delivery, making it a key element in the financial performance.Airbus received 1,000 orders for planes in 2025, with its order book rising by 889 after taking cancellations into account, to a record 8,754 aircraft.The A320 family of medium-haul, single-aisle aircraft received the largest number of orders at 656.Boeing was scheduled to publish its annual delivery and order figures on Tuesday.The US manufacturer delivered 537 aircraft in the first 11 months of the year, its best result for that period since 2018, before the crashes of two 737 Max aircraft sent the company into a crisis.Boeing is coming off a particularly difficult 2024, during which it delivered just 348 commercial planes due to labour disruptions and safety setbacks hobbling production.Analysts forecast Boeing will end up having delivered between 590 and 610 aircraft in 2025.Boeing also enjoyed a solid 2025 in terms of orders due to the aggressive trade policies of US President Donald Trump's administration.It had 999 net orders as of the end of November.It had 6,616 commercial aircraft on its order book, including 4,319 for the 737 Max, the latest model of its medium-haul, single-aisle aircraft that along with the A320 are the workhorses of the commercial airline industry. 

Boeing Co delivered 57 commercial aircraft in August, its best performance for the month since 2018, in the latest sign of steadying factory operations as the US planemaker targets faster production rates.The tally, which included 43 of Boeing’s 737 family of jets, is the second-highest of the year and marks an uptick from July, according to data posted Tuesday on the company’s website. August’s results underscore Boeing’s recent improvements in stabilising its factories as the manufacturer prepares to ask regulators for permission to return output of the best-selling jet to pre-Covid levels.Gross orders for Boeing totalled 26 during the month against two cancellations. The company recorded 83 net orders, including those added to its backlog under a US accounting provision for at-risk deals. For the year, the US planemaker has landed 725 gross orders against 600 for Toulouse, France-based Airbus SE.Boeing has started to narrow an output gap with market leader Airbus that’s stood since the US manufacturer fell into a series of crises starting with the first of two fatal 737 Max crashes in late 2018. Through August, Boeing has delivered 385 jets this year to 434 for its European rival, which handed over 61 aircraft for the month.Since the beginning of 2024, Boeing’s output deficit to Airbus has narrowed by more than half, based on the average of trailing six-month deliveries, according to Jefferies analyst Sheila Kahyaoglu.Jefferies estimates of 6-month average gap in Boeing-Airbus deliveries.Boeing is sharing with US regulators a series of measures of the health of its production system ahead of a formal request to speed its 737 assembly lines to a pace of 42 jets per month, from the current cap of 38.The company has told airline customers it’s optimistic it will be able to raise rates by October, Ryanair Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary told reporters on August 27.