Airbus Confirms Plans to Raise A320 Output to 63 a Month

FILE PHOTO: Flight test engineers drive the Airbus A320neo (New Engine Option) after its first flight in Colomiers near Toulouse, southwestern France, Sep. 25, 2014. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

PARIS—Airbus plans to increase production of single-aisle A320-family aircraft to 63 a month, a company spokesman said.

The production increase, first reported by France’s La Tribune, will take effect in 2019, accelerating previous plans to lift output to 60 aircraft a month by the same deadline.