Airbus Keeps Yearly Delivery Target Amid Supply Chain Woes (1)

Airbus SE is keeping its ambitious jet delivery target, setting the company up for a furious production pace to close out the year, after reporting strong quarterly earnings on the back of the defense and space unit.

The European planemaker expects to hand over about 820 aircraft to customers this year despite delivering just 507 through September, it said in an earnings release Wednesday. That guidance includes the impact of tariffs.

The company has been forced to park ready-built A320 aircraft, or so-called gliders, due to a shortage of engines. The planemaker had 32 gliders at the end of September, ...