AIRBUS is poised to resume stalled deliveries of jets to China’s HNA Group, an Airbus schedule showed Monday, but deliveries of over US$1 billion of large jets remain behind schedule after months of wrangling over late payments.

Visitors to an Airbus delivery center in Toulouse on Monday saw at least two 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 finalize.

Another six A330 aircraft painted in flame-red HNA tail liveries remained parked in long-term storage elsewhere in Airbus’s Toulouse base, according to reporters.

“Deliveries are ongoing. Contractual terms are confidential,” an Airbus spokesman said, when asked about HNA deliveries.

Companies belonging to the Chinese aviation-to-finance conglomerate delayed payments earlier this year, leading Airbus to suspend deliveries rather than step in to provide delivery financing itself, media reports said in July.

In all, more than a dozen aircraft are affected by HNA-related funding shortages for deliveries, sources said. (SD-Agencies)