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Airbus A330neo tail section checks stump summer deliveries

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Airbus A330neo deliveries have been hampered over the summer after concerns surfaced around the aircraft's horizontal tail plane, according to Bloomberg.

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Airbus, a European airliner, found that the quality of the A330neo horizontal stabilizers had been compromised, which had led to a virtual halt in the supply of aircraft for three months, Bloomberg wrote. "The problem concerns the horizontal stabilizer, which forces the company to inspect the aircraft during the production process and slows down monthly deliveries," Bloomberg notes with reference to the Airbus statement, transmits RIA News. The …

The long-haul aircraft, which continues to be ordered by companies in parallel to the A350, has not left the European aircraft manufacturer's production lines since the end of May. Airbus has just explained why.

Airbus almost interrupted the delivery of its A330neo during the summer, after the discovery of a quality problem on the horizontal plane of the empennage. No copies were handed over in June and July, then only one in August, while the aircraft manufacturer assures that he has identified the cause of the defect and resumed deliveries. The slowdown is [...]

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aerotime.aero broke the news on Thursday, September 3, 2026.
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