Due to bottlenecks at suppliers, the European aircraft manufacturer delivered significantly fewer machines in July than in the previous month.

Airbus handed over 46 commercial jets to its customers in the past month after 60 in June, as the group reports. Because the suppliers can hardly keep up with their deliveries, Airbus boss Guillaume Faury cut his plans for 2022 at the end of July and only expects 720 deliveries instead of 700. Meanwhile, the manufacturer won orders for 401 new machines in July, with nearly 300 machines going to China. In return, Airbus recorded cancellations of four jets.

Still included in the order book is a remaining order from Arab airline Qatar Airways for 19 wide-body A350s. According to industry circles, the manufacturer has now terminated the contract with its major customer after months of public disputes about damage to the surface of several machines in the series, as reported by the aviation portal Airliners. Qatar Airways sued the world's largest aircraft manufacturer in London in December for damages due to the defects and publicly described them as a safety problem. However, Airbus and the European aviation authority Easa judged the matter differently. The manufacturer offered to repair the damage at its own expense, but Qatar Airways declined.