Airbus Cuts 2025 Delivery Goal After Finding Flaw in Some A320 Fuselage Panels

The issue stems from metal fuselage panels from an unidentified supplier, prompting broad precautionary checks.An Airbus passenger plane in a hangar at the Airbus plant in Saint-Martin-du-Touch, southern France, on July 1, 2014. Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images12/3/2025|Updated: 12/3/2025Airbus said on Dec. 3 that it has lowered its 2025 commercial aircraft delivery goal after identifying a supplier quality flaw affecting fuselage panels used on its top-selling A320-family jets.The company said in a statement that it now expects to hand over around 790 aircraft in 2025, down from its previous figure of about 820 deliveries announced on Oct. 29.Evgenia FilimianovaAuthorEvgenia Filimianova is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of international stories, with a particular interest in foreign policy, economy, and UK politics.Author’s Selected Articles