By Allison Lampert and Tim Hepher

MONTREAL/PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus has pushed back the assembly of some of its small A220 jets this year and next, and may only hit its 2026 target of producing 14 A220s a month in the final weeks of that year, three industry sources said on Monday.

Airbus has long said it would attain that monthly target at some point in 2026, but supply glitches mean the milestone is now not expected to be reached before December 2026, leaving limited margin for further delay, the sources added.

On its way to the full target, Airbus has set an internal production-rate steppingstone of 12 jets a month by mid-2026, up from seven to eight a month now, they said.

But the sources warned that A220 factories in the United States and Canada still face supply challenges, creati

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