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Story summary
- Airbus identified a fuselage quality issue affecting roughly 500 A321neo jets.
- A thin primer coating on forward-fuselage stringers caused the flaw.
- Airbus said the issue does not affect safety and the aircraft can keep operating.
- About 250 jets are in service while the other 250 remain in production.
- Airbus plans to raise narrow-body output to 75 aircraft per month, up from 60.
