Engine Shortage And Issues With Deliveries To China Airbus reported quarterly profits Tuesday that dropped 50 percent from a year ago as deliveries of its best-selling aircraft slowed, according to reports. First-quarter sales came in at 12.65 billion euros ($14.82 billion) while earnings per share (EPS) were 74-euro cents (86 U.S. cents). Analysts polled by FactSet had expected sales of 12.58 billion euros and EPS of 44-euro cents.
