Opinion: How Aircraft Seats Became The Industry’s Newest Bottleneck

Recaro R7 business-class seat
Credit: Recaro
Supply chain bottlenecks—headlined by forgings, castings, specialty materials and aeroengines—have bedeviled the aerospace industry in the post-COVID-19 era, but the shortage of aircraft seats is an unlikely and underappreciated disruptor of the production ramp-up and aircraft operations. Aircraft...
Kevin Michaels

Contributing columnist Kevin Michaels is managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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