Airbus has seen revenue fall to €19 billion in the first half of financial 2020, down from €31 billion during the same period last year. A total of 196 commercial aircraft were delivered in the last six months, down from 389 last year.

The number of commercial aircraft delivered by Airbus fell to a 16-year low in the first half of 2020 new figures reveal. Over the first six months of the year, deliveries fell by 49 per cent, to 196 planes, compared with 389 in the same period last year.

Based in Singapore, Anand Stanley will lead the strategy and future positioning of Airbus and its divisions across the region. He succeeds Patrick de Castelbajac, who is leaving the company, and will take up the new role in July.

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René Obermann has become chairman of Airbus, succeeding Denis Ranque. The move was made following the annual general meeting in Amsterdam, at which shareholders approved all resolutions on the agenda.

Airbus has continued to purchase and supply millions of face masks from China, the large majority of which will be donated to governments of the Airbus home countries. These include France, Germany, Spain and the UK.