On December 3, news emerged that Airbus has slashed its aircraft delivery target for the current year by 3.7%, a move prompted by persistent quality issues plaguing its best - selling A320 model. In a regulatory filing released on Wednesday, the European aerospace giant announced that it now anticipates delivering 790 aircraft to customers this year, a significant drop from the initial target of 820. However, the company has maintained its financial targets unchanged.

This week, Airbus came clean about quality glitches in certain fuselage panels of its A320 family aircraft. It revealed that components on 628 jetliners had non - standard thicknesses, being either excessively thick or overly thin. At present, Airbus is conducting thorough inspections on all the affected aircraft. The company has also informed buyers that it expects 'a substantial proportion' of the panels to conform to the required specifications. These problematic panels were supplied by Sofitec Aero, a company based in Seville, Spain.

Previously, a software glitch impacted around 6,000 A320 family aircraft. The vast majority of these aircraft were swiftly repaired within a few days, while the remaining ones are still awaiting necessary upgrades.