Airbus to resume deliveries to HNA Group after payments dispute

Airbus is poised to resume stalled deliveries of jets to debt-laden HNA Group, an Airbus schedule showed Monday, but deliveries of over US$1b of large jets remain behind schedule after months of wrangling over late payments. Visitors to an Airbus delivery centre in Toulouse Monday saw at least 2 Airbus A330 aircraft and one smaller A320-family jet in position for handover to HNA-affiliated airlines. An electronic sign welcomed crew for an imminent A320 delivery. "Some (HNA) planes will be delivered," an industry source said, though another cautioned that financing details could still take several more weeks to finalise. Another 6 A330 aircraft painted in flame-red HNA tail liveries remained parked in long-term storage elsewhere in Airbus's Toulouse base. <br/>