In addition, Airbus competitor had also bid for the contract, but, the Canadian government got interested in Airbus' C295 and C-27J Spartan aircraft along with other variants manufactured by Leonardo-led consortium. However, earlier this year, Airbus had reported issues in its A320neo and A350 commercial jets that had affected the 2016 delivery schedule and there was production delays also that had affected the company's order book. Moreover, after the rejection of its troubled aircraft by a customer in recent past, Airbus is working to resolve the issue permanently. Airbus will have to offset the decline in its order book by getting other military aircraft contracts.