Aerospace giant Airbus has retained its position as the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer, despite delivering fewer planes than expected in 2022. The company, which has UK bases in Filton, near Bristol, and Broughton, in Wales, delivered 661 commercial aircraft to 84 customers last year - an increase of 8% on 2021.
Airbus blamed the “complexity of the operating environment” for not meeting its expected delivery targets.
However, it still managed to hold off rival Boeing, which delivered 480 planes over the same period - up from 340 deliveries the year before - from the top spot.
