Supply Chain

More than 100,000 A&D jobs could disappear in the next two years. To attract more people, companies should focus on who they retain.

Facing a $475 billion loss in commercial aviation manufacturing, the A&D industrial base could suffer aftershocks for years.

Boeing Global Services CEO Ted Colbert discusses the challenges of managing the aftermarket business through COVID-19.

President Matthew Bromberg on COVID-19, production increases and future development efforts.

Guillaume Faury is optimistic about a market recovery, but pace and timing are among many aspects impossible to predict.

Ask the Editors: The pause on the Airbus A220-500 development will be short-lived because of the growing demand for bigger narrowbodies.

Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston says in an interview how the RAF is adapting to COVID-19 and looking ahead to transformative initiatives such as ASTRA.

The companies are launching a variety of digital solutions related to providing better aircraft part sales insights and productivity.

OEMs may seek out MRO partnerships—or their own piece of the pie—as they cope with lack of demand for new parts.

Pooling services—from parts to line maintenance to recovery services—could expand as airlines look for cost savings.

Most airlines in the region want to defer deliveries due this year, and early widebody retirements are also planned.

Ask the Editors: The French government and France’s Big Four aerospace manufacturers partner up to infuse ailing suppliers with capital.

AeroDynamic Advisory believes COVID-19 has accentuated a second wave of retirements, but paradoxically bought OEMs some time to adapt.

Boeing is looking for the lowest sustainable production rate for its suppliers so they are still there to ramp up someday.

Ask the Editors: Industry consolidation and growing automation and digitization will exacerbate pandemic-related layoffs.

To mitigate disruption, leaders have swiftly embraced new ways of working and deployed digital productivity tools.

Ask the Editors: After pandemic-related financial woes, a scrapped Embraer deal and hefty layoffs, Boeing will require years to recover.

Chinese MRO provider Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (Gameco) broke ground on its component and composite repair centers on Wednesday (June

India’s decision to restart limited domestic passenger airline operations on May 25 is beginning to encourage the aircraft maintenance industry. The

While many MRO providers have started to furlough, lay-off or short-time workers, the full impact of the crisis is yet to be felt, with many analysts

Tommy Hughes, VAS Aero Services CEO, talks with Lee Ann Shay about the state of the spare parts market and used serviceable material in this Fast 5.

PTC says digital trends such as augmented reality, Internet of Things and predictive data analytics have become even more valuable during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

An expected surge in used serviceable materials (USM) poses a risk to new-parts sales, but structural fundamentals in global fleets and customer preference should limit the downside for many parts suppliers even as opportunities for used-parts specialists increase.

As additive manufacturing helps the aerospace supply chain, 3D-printing innovations could benefit traceability and next-gen aircraft.

How Ryanair is adjusting its MRO strategy to deal with fleet grounding and post-COVID-19 recovery.