Airbus To Beat Boeing Deliveries by 2020 - Brégier (Report)

Fabrice Brégier, the head of Airbus’s commercial aircraft unit, said the European plane maker will overtake Boeing in aircraft deliveries in 2020.

Speaking to German newspaper Welt, Brégier said “In 2020, we will again be delivering more aircraft than Boeing”.

“We took 19 years to build the first 1000 aircraft. The last 1000 we have made within 19 months”, he said.

Airbus has been behind Boeing in deliveries for some time with 2016 on course for the same outcome.

Supply chain problems on the A350 have hampered deliveries and the A320 has also had engine supply issues from manufacturer Pratt & Whitney.

Brégier said 26 A350s had been delivered so far this year and hopes to achieve the 50 deliveries scheduled for the full year.