Overview
- Airbus postponed assembly slots for a handful of A220s in 2025 and nearly 10 in 2026, according to industry sources.
- The company now expects to reach 14 jets per month only in the final weeks of 2026, narrowing the margin for further delay.
- An internal steppingstone calls for 12 A220s per month by mid-2026, up from the current pace of seven to eight.
- Plants in Mirabel, Quebec, and Mobile, Alabama are contending with shortages of engines and wings and with on-line production errors.
- Airbus is shifting staff to speed handovers and has agreed to assume A220 wing production from Spirit AeroSystems under a broader rescue effort with Boeing.