© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Airbus logo is seen at the entrance of a building in Toulouse, France, March 11, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus confirmed on Monday that it had delivered 55 aircraft in September, bringing the nine-month total to 488 aircraft.
Deliveries included the first A350 for Air India, part of a batch of six originally sold to Russia’s Aeroflot. Air India placed orders for 470 Airbus and Boeing (NYSE ) aircraft earlier this year.
Deliveries were flat in September but rose 23% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, company data showed.
Reuters reported last week that Airbus had delivered around 55 aircraft in September, unchanged from the same month in 2022.
Their goal is 720 deliveries for the entire year.
Airbus sold 23 aircraft in September, bringing the nine-month order total to 1,280 aircraft or 1,241 after cancellations.