The facts

  1. Quarterly revenue fell 2% to €17.469 billion. Reuters reported that this was below a company-compiled analyst poll of €17.91 billion. [1][2]

  2. Reported quarterly operating profit rose 3% to €1.805 billion, while net income rose 20% to €1.344 billion. These reported figures differ from adjusted operating profit. [1]

  3. Airbus delivered 547 commercial aircraft in the first nine months, compared with 507 a year earlier. [1][2]

  4. Full-year targets remained about 870 commercial deliveries, €7.5 billion adjusted operating profit and €4.5 billion free cash flow before customer financing. These remain forecasts. [1]

Sources

References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 29 Oct 2026, 09:27 UTC.

  1. Airbus reports nine-month 2026 results

    Airbus · Primary source · 28 Oct 2026

    Quarterly table, nine-month delivery totals and guidance checked separately.

  2. Airbus holds annual targets, bets on year-end delivery surge

    Reuters, republished by MarketScreener · Reporting · 28 Oct 2026

    Original reporting by Joanna Plucinska, Gianluca Lo Nostro and Florence Loeve. Corrected version specifies 547, not 574, nine-month deliveries.

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