Airbus deliveries fell 8% in April
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PARIS, May 7 (Reuters) - Airbus (AIR.PA)
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The European planemaker last week reaffirmed a target of 820 commercial deliveries for the whole year despite delays in receiving engines - a situation that it said would get worse during the current quarter before stabilising in the summer.
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