airbus said it still expects to deliver some 720 planes to customers this year and meet its financial targets after profit and revenue surged in the second quarter the european plane maker on wednesday posted quarterly revenue of 1590 billion euros 1758 billion up 24 on the year airbus delivered 316 aircraft in the first six months during the first half of 2023 we progressed well across our businesses in an operational environment that remains complex said chief executive guillaume faury our commercial aircraft are in strong demand as demonstrated by more than 800 orders announced at the paris air show adjusted earnings before interest and taxesairbuss preferred measure of profitabilityclimbed 34 to eur185 billion in the quarter reported net profit jumped 55 to eur106 billion airbus was expected to report revenue of eur1587 billion adjusted earnings of eur173 billion and a net profit of eur120 billion for the quarter according to a companyprovided consensus that gathered estimates from 20 analysts the group continues to expect adjusted earnings of around eur6 billion this year free cash flow before mergers and acquisitions and customer financinganother closely watched metric by analysts and investorsshould come in at around eur3 billion