Boeing should ship 70 narrowbody 737s and 14 widebody 787 Dreamliners in November and December to satisfy its goal for 2023, setting the U.S. planemaker up for a dash over the vacation season.

The U.S. planemaker on Tuesday reported delivering 34 jets in October, about half as many as its European rival Airbus , which delivered 71 plane.

Boeing has mentioned it will ship not less than 375 narrowbody plane this 12 months – a discount from its authentic aim of between 400 and 450 737s – in addition to not less than 70 Dreamliners.

Supply numbers are usually largest within the remaining months of the 12 months as planemakers race to satisfy annual targets. Boeing will meet its targets if it may possibly match its supply tempo for final 12 months, when it handed 87 737s and 16 Dreamliners to prospects within the final two months of 2022.

In the meantime, Airbus must ship 161 plane in November and December to satisfy its annual aim of 720 deliveries.

Boeing’s deliveries for October included 18 737 MAXs and one older-model 737 NG plane that shall be transformed right into a P-8 maritime surveillance plane for the U.S. Navy.

Widebody deliveries included three 777 freighters, six 767s and 6 Dreamliners.

Boeing slowed 737 deliveries in August after the invention of a provider defect involving misdrilled holes on some aircrafts’ aft strain bulkhead. Executives had mentioned in an Oct. 25 earnings name that 737 deliveries that month can be in step with September, when the corporate delivered 15 narrowbody jets – the planemaker’s lightest month up to now this 12 months.

“With demand sturdy, our focus stays on delivering airplanes,” Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun advised buyers in October.

Boeing booked 123 gross orders final month, bolstered by a cope with Southwest Airways for 111 MAXs. It reported six cancellations, which included one MAX for Aerolineas Argentinas and 5 MAX for purchasers that Boeing declined to establish.

Boeing’s gross orders for the reason that begin of January rose to 971, or 841 internet orders after factoring in cancellations and conversions and 1,066 internet orders after accounting changes.

Airbus has booked orders for 1,399 plane by way of October, or a internet whole of 1,334 planes after cancellation.