Airlines take delivery of new A321neos with known coating defect requiring nine days
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Airlines are accepting brand‑new Airbus A321neos that have an inadequate anti‑corrosion primer on forward‑fuselage stringers, a defect traced to Italian sub‑tier supplier TESI, according to Simple Flying.
The defect affects about 500 airframes in the global A321neo program, with roughly half already in commercial service and the other half still in assembly or final‑line integration, and Airbus requires a nine‑day hangar repair per aircraft within a two‑year compliance window.