Airbus said it aims to pay out more in dividends, and confirmed guidance for 2025, ahead of a business update.
The European aviation company, which makes single-aisle jets for passenger airlines, has raised the upper end of its dividend payout target to 50%, from 30% to 40% previously.
The world’s biggest planemaker reiterated its commitment to profitable growth and reaffirmed its production targets. Airbus shares are trading 2.6% higher, after jumping nearly 4% earlier.
The Airbus chief executive, Guillaume Faury, and its chief financial officer, Thomas Toepfer, are giving a business update today – you can watch here.
It comes as the global aerospace industry gathers at the Paris airshow, where manufacturers are showing off their latest offerings, amid escalating fighting in the Middle East, sweeping US trade tariffs and supply chain strains.
The company faces supply chain problems that have left almost 40 aircraft stranded without engines at its factories, as shortages of cabin equipment and at power plants disrupt deliveries.
However, since early 2025, Airbus has experienced 40% less disruptions by delayed components at its production facilities, the group’s head of operations for the commercial aircraft business, Florent Massou, said during the business update, Reuters reported.
