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Airbus delivered a record 111 aircraft in December, with the
last-minute surge allowing it to meet its delivery target for
2016 after supply chain problems hampered the planemaker earlier
in the year.
"Don't go fast to the conclusion that this year we will maintain
this delivery [rate] across 2017. We don't intend to deliver
1,200 aircraft," Fabrice Bregier told a news conference on
Wednesday.
"We will see for December 2017. But I hope we will not have to
strike another record and that we will be a bit smoother during
the year," he said, adding that the first six months of 2016 had
been unusually difficult from a production perspective.
Problems with engines for the A320neo were one of the issues
during 2016. Bregier said the Pratt & Whitney <UTX.N> engines
were now working well, but added: "That doesn't mean they don't
need to be improved."
On the wide-body A350 plane, which experienced delays due to
cabin issues, Bregier said he believed the program was largely
de-risked and that reliability should rise to above 99 percent
in one year.
(Reporting by Tim Hepher; Writing by Victoria Bryan; Editing by
Sudip Kar-Gupta)
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