Airbus delivers fewer planes in January compared to previous months

United Airlines was the only U.S. airline to take delivery of aircraft from the A320neo family during this period. The carrier received one A321neo each on January 28 and January 30, increasing its total count of such models to 31 according to ch-aviation's data.

Besides these deliveries, Airbus handed over two additional widebody aircraft: Emirates received a second A350-900 following its initial delivery in November 2024, while Japan Airlines expanded its fleet with another A350-1000.

Airbus reported adding 55 gross orders to its backlog in January. After canceling one order for an A220-100 and three for the A320neo series, net orders increased by 51 units during the month.

Among disclosed transactions were five new orders for STARLUX Airlines' purchase of more A350F aircraft and Lufthansa's formal addition of five previously announced A350-1000s into Airbus’ records. Carsten Spohr, CEO of Lufthansa Group, remarked that "with the state-of-the-art A350 long-haul jets, we are accelerating the largest fleet modernization the Group has done so far."

Additionally, there were undisclosed orders including one unidentified customer purchasing a single A321neo on January 2 and another anonymous buyer acquiring 25 units of the same model on January 15. In terms of widebody sales agreements signed by undisclosed clients included ten for the A330-900 series along with three each for both versions -A350F & -900 respectively.

January saw a decline compared with December’s performance when Airbus delivered significantly more at total numbers reaching up towards their year-end goals; having set out initially aiming high but later revising targets downwards amidst challenges faced throughout previous year cycles ending slightly short or meeting expectations depending upon interpretations around approximations made therein.