The aircraft manufacturer is continuing to prepare for the time after the Covid 19 pandemic and has specified its production plans.

“We continue to assume that the market for commercial aircraft will recover to pre-Covid-2023 levels between 2025 and 19, led by the single-aisle segment,” said the group with headquarters in Toulouse on Thursday. The suppliers were informed accordingly about the plans for aircraft production.

For the production of the medium-haul jets of the A320 model family, this means that Airbus is assuming 64 aircraft per month by the second quarter of 2023. Suppliers should be prepared for a scenario of 70 aircraft by early 2024 and, if the market continues to recover, of up to 75 aircraft by 2025. The group confirmed 45 aircraft per month through the end of 2021.

For the A220 family, Airbus believes a monthly production rate of 14 aircraft is possible by the middle of the decade. For the A350 family, the average production rate is 5 aircraft per month and should increase to 2022 by autumn 6, it said. For the A330 Family, production will remain at an average monthly production rate of two aircraft.

"The message to our suppliers gives the entire industrial system the opportunity to secure the necessary skills and to be ready when the market conditions require it," said Airbus boss Guillaume Faury according to the announcement. Airbus announced just a few weeks ago that it would resume construction of a new final assembly line for the A320 family.

The long-wheelbase version of the Airbus A380 will also be manufactured in the existing A2022 plant in Toulouse from the end of 321. Airbus initially put the construction of the new assembly line on hold due to the Corona crisis last year and significantly reduced aircraft production.