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Airbus slows A330 deliveries after discovering quality flaw

By Thomson Reuters Sep 3, 2026 | 7:35 AM

PARIS, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Airbus has ​discovered ‌a production quality problem with ‌an ​A330 ⁠jetliner, forcing ⁠it to slow deliveries over the ​summer, it ⁠said ⁠on Thursday.

Deliveries ​have resumed ​after the “isolated quality ‌issue” was discovered on the ⁠horizontal tail plane of an ⁠A330 jet ‌before ⁠delivery, ​Airbus ‌said, confirming ​a Bloomberg ⁠report.

(Reporting by Tim HepherEditing by David ​Goodman)