Airbus delivered a total of 114 aircraft over the quarter, down on the 136 achieved in the same period last year, as handovers of single-aisle jets slackened.

The airframer notably delivered only 81 A320neo-family aircraft in the three months to 31 March compared with the previous figure of 106.

Airbus had signalled in mid-February that it was facing a shortfall of Pratt & Whitney engines, and that this would affect its production ramp-up plans.

But the airframer rounded off the first quarter with strong order activity, including 100 A320neo-family jets for AerCap, a further 101 for China Eastern Airlines, and 25 for China’s Juneyao Air in March.

The AerCap order has been allocated to its US entity NAS Aviation Services.

Airbus recorded significant twin-aisle agreements: Delta Air Lines signed for 16 A330-900s and 15 A350-900s — on top of 34 A321neos — while Atlas Air confirmed its 20 A350 freighters.

Twenty A220-300 have also been assigned to undisclosed customers in two separate orders, each for 10 aircraft.

But a long-dormant order for 10 A220-100s, originally allocated to start-up Odyssey Airlines, has been cancelled. Odyssey placed the order in 2011, when the programme was still known as the Bombardier CS100.

Airbus ended the first three months of the year with net orders for 398 jets.