Airbus on Wednesday lowered its 2025 aircraft delivery goal due to a quality problem with the A320 family.
In a statement, the manufacturer dropped its delivery target from around 820 airplanes to around 790. It cited a “recent supplier quality issue on fuselage panels impacting its A320 family delivery flow.”
The issue is separate from the software problem that briefly grounded thousands of A320-family aircraft over the weekend. The company said there was a risk of intense solar radiation corrupting data used by flight control systems.
On Monday, Airbus reported that the “vast majority” of the global fleet was fixed.
Airbus leaders did not adjust their financial guidance for the year and still expect adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of about €7 billion, or $8.1 billion.
The manufacturer’s aircraft orders and deliveries for November will be disclosed on Friday.
