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Airbus Operations Limited

Registered as AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED. Company number 03468788. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 16 July 2026.

69days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Airbus Operations Limited reported that it took an average of 69 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 3% of invoices within 30 days, 36% in 31 to 60 days and 61% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 4% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 66 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 69 Dec 2020 66 Jun 2021 69 Dec 2021 70 Jun 2022 68 Dec 2022 68 Jun 2023 68 Dec 2023 66 Jul 2024 66 Dec 2024 66 Jun 2025 70 Dec 2025 69 Jun 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jan to Jun 2026 16 Jul 2026 69 3%36%61%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 16 Jan 2026 70 2%32%66%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 4 Aug 2025 66 2%40%58%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 17 Jan 2025 66 3%43%54%7% Report
Jan to Jul 2024 22 Jul 2024 66 2%40%58%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 16 Jan 2024 68 3%34%63%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 14 Jul 2023 68 1%38%61%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 18 Jan 2023 68 3%38%59%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 11 Jan 2023 70 1%35%64%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 17 Jan 2022 69 1%36%63%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 13 Jul 2021 66 1%41%58%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 13 Jan 2021 69 12%39%49%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 16 Jul 2020 69 1%36%63%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 17 Jan 2020 67 1%42%57%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 12 Jul 2019 68 4%38%58%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 10 Jan 2019 65 4%38%58%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 62 9%38%53%18% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.