Airbus is adding capacity, but the queue will remain long. Aircraft have really long life cycles. A model can remain in production for decades, and individual a

Airbus is adding capacity, but the queue will remain long. Aircraft have really long life cycles. A model can remain in production for decades, and individual aircraft can also have life spans measured in 20-30+ years. The current backlog is around 8500 aircraft, and their current production rate is around 700-800 aircraft per year. Last year they build 570 A320's - so around 48 per month. Airbus' goal is to get to 75 per month by 2026. Aircraft factories are obviously very expensive, and super expanding to burn down the queue right now would probably harm Airbus in the long term, especially since the airliner market is uh... really cyclical. I understand that the current backlog is something of a result of the pandemic.