<p>Airbus reached the highest number of monthly deliveries of passenger planes so far this year in September but logged no new sales as crisis-hit airlines continue to bleed cash.</p>.<p>The European planemaker delivered 57 jets in September, up from 39 in August, bringing nine-month deliveries to 341, down 40% from the same period of 2019, company data showed on Friday.</p>.<p>The drop matches a 40% output fall triggered by the coronavirus crisis, with Airbus deciding last month to maintain the new rates unchanged. A significant number of jets were delivered from a parked backlog.</p>.<p>Airbus axed guidance at the outset of the pandemic but is internally targeting around 500 deliveries in 2020 and is three-quarters of the way towards its goal, industry sources said.</p>.<p>It delivered a record annual total of 863 jets in 2019.</p>.<p>Jet markets are moribund due to the impact of the crisis on demand and airline balance sheets, although Boeing is seen chasing some deals to bolster its 737 MAX.</p>.<p>Boeing this week cut its long-term demand forecasts for the first time in more than ten years and warned of a challenging decade ahead.</p>.<p>According to Airbus data, Macquarie Financial Holdings, a unit of Australia's Macquarie Group, cancelled three out of 40 A220 jets originally ordered from Canada's Bombardier, which sold the passenger jet programme to Airbus in 2018.</p>.<p>So far this year, Airbus has sold 379 aircraft or a net total of 300 after cancellations.</p>.<p>It remains far in front of its U.S. rival which had sold 67 aircraft by the end of August and had a negative net total of 378 orders dominated by cancellations for the Boeing 737 MAX, which has been grounded for 18 months after two crashes.</p>.<p>Boeing delivered 87 jets between January and August.</p>
<p>Airbus reached the highest number of monthly deliveries of passenger planes so far this year in September but logged no new sales as crisis-hit airlines continue to bleed cash.</p>.<p>The European planemaker delivered 57 jets in September, up from 39 in August, bringing nine-month deliveries to 341, down 40% from the same period of 2019, company data showed on Friday.</p>.<p>The drop matches a 40% output fall triggered by the coronavirus crisis, with Airbus deciding last month to maintain the new rates unchanged. A significant number of jets were delivered from a parked backlog.</p>.<p>Airbus axed guidance at the outset of the pandemic but is internally targeting around 500 deliveries in 2020 and is three-quarters of the way towards its goal, industry sources said.</p>.<p>It delivered a record annual total of 863 jets in 2019.</p>.<p>Jet markets are moribund due to the impact of the crisis on demand and airline balance sheets, although Boeing is seen chasing some deals to bolster its 737 MAX.</p>.<p>Boeing this week cut its long-term demand forecasts for the first time in more than ten years and warned of a challenging decade ahead.</p>.<p>According to Airbus data, Macquarie Financial Holdings, a unit of Australia's Macquarie Group, cancelled three out of 40 A220 jets originally ordered from Canada's Bombardier, which sold the passenger jet programme to Airbus in 2018.</p>.<p>So far this year, Airbus has sold 379 aircraft or a net total of 300 after cancellations.</p>.<p>It remains far in front of its U.S. rival which had sold 67 aircraft by the end of August and had a negative net total of 378 orders dominated by cancellations for the Boeing 737 MAX, which has been grounded for 18 months after two crashes.</p>.<p>Boeing delivered 87 jets between January and August.</p>