Over the past 20 years ATR has carved a dominant position in the turboprop market, while sales of its competitor, the Q400, dwindled to such an extent that Bombardier sold the aircraft line last year.
One objection to blockchain for MRO and other aftermarket purposes is that it requires scale and wide participation to become really useful, and that there is little chance at present of all elements in the supply chain signing up to a common platform for, say, parts records.
