Airbus is delaying the arrival of a freighter version of its A350 jet by up to a year and faces hurdles in increasing output of its wider A350 aircraft family in coming months as it wrestles with supply problems,

Airbus is set to push back the launch date for the A350 freighter jet by up to a year due to production and supply chain delays, according to Reuters.

European aerospace manufacturer Airbus (EADSF) is pushing back the launch of its highly anticipated A350 freighter due to ongoing supply chain

Airbus is struggling to increase output of its A350 jetliner as it faces ongoing delays in the arrival of fuselage parts from Spirit AeroSystems, industry sources said. The delays have cast doubt on Airbus' ability to increase production above current rates of around six jets a month for at least the rest of this year,