Delta Routes New Airbus Plane to Tokyo to Sidestep Trump Tariffs

Delta Air Lines Inc. is flying a new Airbus SE plane through Japan to skirt US import tariffs as President Donald Trump’s trade war threatens the flow of new jets to the the aviation industry.

The A350-900 aircraft is set to leave Toulouse, France, home of Airbus’s main manufacturing facility, on April 30, arriving in Tokyo on May 1, according to data from FlightAware, an online tracking provider.

The move echoes a similar strategy Delta used to sidestep tariffs in 2019, flying several European-built Airbus jets to overseas locations rather than straight to the US. Planes are classified as ...