Airbus SE cut its 2025 aircraft delivery target after discovering production glitches on its bestselling A320 jet that require additional checks, a setback that underscores the planemaker’s dependence on a still-shaky supplier network.

The company now aims to hand over about 790 aircraft this year, 30 fewer than its original goal. Airbus said it’s revising the target due to a “recent supplier quality issue on fuselage panels impacting its A320 family delivery flow,” though the company maintained its financial targets.

The announcement caps a difficult few days for Airbus that have weighed heavily on its stock. Late on Friday, the company called for an urgent software revision for a fleet of about 6,000 A320 aircraft after discovering a possible fault in the way the computers interact wit

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