(BFM Stock Exchange) – The European aircraft manufacturer delivered its first quarter results this Wednesday, April 30.

After his big rival Boeing, last week, Airbus in turn delivers his accounts of the first quarter this Wednesday, April 30.

Over the first three months of the year, Airbus generated revenues of 13.54 billion euros up 6% over a year. Growth has been carried by defense activities, which represent 19% of income and display an increase in turnover of 23%

Conversely, Airbus was penalized by the drop in deliveries in its civil aeronautical division, the largest, at 136 units in the first quarter of 2025 against 142 a year earlier. Ultimately, the revenues of this division, however, increased by 4%, thanks to positive exchange effects.

The adjusted operating profit, key measurement of the profitability of the company, increased from 8% to 624 million euros.

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Reduced cash consumption

This indicator was notably supported by the recovery of the “Defense and Espace” division which gave an adjusted operational profit of 77 million, against a loss of 9 million euros a year earlier. Airbus launched a restructuring of this division last year which will result in posts of posts up to 2,600 units by mid-2026.

Airbus’ net profit signed up at 793 million euros in the first quarter, up 33% over a year.

Airbus has also released a free cash flow before negative customer financing up to 310 million euros.

Airbus has significantly exceeded expectations, especially on the generation of cash. According to a consensus put online by the company, analysts tapped on income of 12.95 billion euros, an adjusted net profit of 602 million euros, a profit of 516 million euros and a cash disbursement of 1.65 billion euros.

At the end of this Airbus publication confirmed its annual objectives, namely deliveries around 820 units, an adjusted operating profit of around 7 billion euros and a cash flow before customers of around 4.5 billion euros.

These objectives are based on the hypothesis “that there will be no other disturbances in global trade or the global economy, air traffic, the supply chain, its internal operations and its ability to provide products and services,” warned Airbus.

Guillaume Faury, Airbus Executive President confirmed during a conference call with journalists that China had excluded aeronautical goods from customs taxes applied to imports from the United States. . The company has also confirmed its medium-term production objective, namely to reach a production rate of 75 planes per month in its family of monocouroirs A320 Neo, its bestseller, in 2027.

Guillaume Faury said that the situation on the Airbus logistics chain “improved” with however tensions and “criticism” elements to manage. “We are far from a stabilized situation,” he added.

The reaction of the market to these results will be observed on Friday on the Paris Stock Exchange, which will be closed on Thursday, May 1. But at Wall Street, the ADR (a title allowing American investors to position themselves on listed groups abroad) from Airbus climbed 4.4% around 6:20 pm after this publication.