Mahindra Aerostructures wins Airbus contract for A320 family fuselage skins
Mahindra's aerospace arm will build rear-fuselage and tail skins for Airbus A320neo and A321XLR jets in Bengaluru, expanding India's role in Airbus' supply chain.
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What Happened
Mahindra Aerostructures, a Mahindra Group company, has been awarded a contract by Airbus to manufacture and supply fuselage skins for the A320 family of aircraft. The parts cover Sections 18 and 19, which are the rear fuselage and tail sections of the Airbus A320neo and A321XLR. They will be made at Mahindra Aerostructures' Bengaluru facility and supplied to Airbus' plant in Augsburg, Germany. The contract strengthens a longstanding partnership and expands India's role in the global aerospace supply chain.
Contract awarded to Mahindra Aerostructures for A320 family fuselage skins
Deliveries targeted to begin, with initial engineering activities already underway
- 8 fuselage skins for Section 18
- 3 fuselage skins for Section 19
- For Airbus A320neo and A321XLR aircraft
“This marks another important step in our longstanding relationship with Airbus and further strengthens Mahindra Aerostructures' role in the global aerospace supply chain. The manufacture of fuselage skins for the A320 family requires advanced process capabilities and precision at scale. Through investments in specialised technologies and manufacturing infrastructure, we will build critical capabilities in India and support Airbus' requirements from our Bengaluru facility. We are grateful to Airbus for its continued confidence in Mahindra Aerostructures.”
“We are delighted to expand our long-standing partnership with Mahindra Aerostructures as we continue to strengthen India's role in our global supply chain. This contract for the manufacturing of the A320 family fuselage skins is a testament to the world-class precision engineering capabilities present in the country. By manufacturing complex components for our A320neo and A321XLR aircraft directly out of Bengaluru, Mahindra is playing a pivotal role in deepening India's aerospace footprint and further driving the vision of 'Make in India' on the global stage.”
The contract is part of a multi-year industrialisation roadmap. Mahindra Aerostructures will expand specialised manufacturing capabilities with advanced chemical milling, surface treatment and stretch-forming production lines. Initial engineering activities, including tooling design, process-flow updates, qualification and inspection, are already underway. This award follows a recently concluded roll forming contract from Airbus and aligns with the company's strategy to build larger fuselage sections in the future. Mahindra Aerostructures has previously won contracts to manufacture and assemble main fuselages of Airbus H125 and H130 helicopters and has supplied components for Airbus commercial aircraft programmes.
Why this matters
The contract expands India's role in Airbus' global supply chain and supports the 'Make in India' initiative. Mahindra Aerostructures will build advanced capabilities such as chemical milling and stretch-forming, while Airbus strengthens its sourcing from Bengaluru. It is another step in a long-standing partnership between the two companies.
Terms in This Story
- Fuselage skin
- The outer metal panels that form the body of an aircraft, giving it shape and structural strength.
- Stretch-forming
- A manufacturing process that stretches metal over a die to shape it, often used for large curved aircraft parts.
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