shares in airbus sa rose thursday after the company posted firstquarter earnings above market expectations and said it would boost future production rates for its a320 the european plane maker reported adjusted earnings before interest and taxesa key profitability metricof 126 billion euros 134 billion for the quarter up from eur694 million a year earlier the figure beat analysts forecasts of eur719 million net profit jumped to eur122 billion beating analysts views of eur460 million the company also said it would boost global production of the a320 family of narrowbody jets to 75 a month starting in 2025 up from around 50 currently the company had previously said it was planning to increase production to 65 a month by the summer of next year the planned production boost was the most meaningful takeaway from the companys firstquarter results as the market was doubtful and that this was being reflected in the share price citi analyst charles j armitage said in a research note there still is doubt but we feel this is now definitely an execution issue that airbus and supplychain now need to execute on rather than an ethereal hope giving upward pressure on longterm valuation mr armitage said