Airbus discloses metal panels issue on some A320 aircraft

December 3rd 2025

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Airbus has identified a quality issue with metal panels on a limited number of A320 family aircraft. Read More » The potentially impacted aircraft are being inspected to determine whether further action is required, the Reuters news agency reported, citing comments from an Airbus spokesperson. The report said Airbus had identified the source of the issue and the metal panels currently being produced met all required standards. The emergence of this new issue followed the significant disruptions caused on the weekend when airlines were forced to take thousands of A320 family aircraft out of service temporarily to install an emergency software update.