Supply Chain

Goals of conserving cash and capitalizing on downtime trigger various approaches during pandemic’s demand crisis.

The answers to these questions will determine the segment’s shape and structure for the foreseeable future.

Slowdown in aircraft deliveries puts initial-provisioning material in play.

Snapshots of Aviation Week data on commercial aircraft and airline activity for recent months.

Ask the Editors: Deciding whether to diversify away from the Boeing 737, Southwest must weigh the pros and cons of a dual fleet.

Why Honeywell Aerospace’s chief sees a bright future for the industry despite today’s COVID-19 woes.

Some models, like the Airbus A380, are all but done for good.

Top-tier manufacturers and suppliers are not banking on a quick commercial aftermarket rebound, financial figures and commentary from 2020 third-quarter (Q3) earnings calls underscore.

How the airline industry emerges from the crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is unclear, but don’t expect the ecosystem to be the same. “The

The surplus parts sector’s importance will increase as cost-conscious airlines navigate their way through the pandemic-induced downturn, but the

A recovery to 2019 levels of profitability remains distant, but carriers believe they can stem daily losses in the medium-term future.

Ask the Editors: A wave of consolidation in A&D has arrived due to COVID-19, the worst aerospace downturn since the dawn of the Jet Age.

While public investors avoid A&D as effects of COVID-19 ripple across industry, private equity is rushing in.

AirAsia Japan has already shut down, and its franchises, including the group’s long-haul unit, are under extreme pressure.

OEM trims 20-year fleet size, delivery projections in first forecast since pandemic started.

A tale of two balance sheets: A potential TransDigm acquisition of Triumph shows how COVID-19 crisis could alter mid-tier aftermarket parts provider landscape.

Didier Granger, president and CEO of OEMServices, talks to James Pozzi about how the impact of COVID-19 on the aftermarket supply chain and how the company is looking to digitize the business.

The Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance says a customer-centric approach will be crucial to meet future aircraft owner and operator needs.

If these come true, we will have a much different jetliner supply chain architecture by the mid-2020s.

Stored aircraft volumes have largely stabilized at two major U.S. desert storage sites, but decisions on cargo conversions and teardowns are being

Brazilian low-cost carrier GOL recently improved its financial position, and one bright spot is its engines. Cristiano Mousinho Gomes, GOL airline’

Aeroji is designed to be a “social marketplace” platform where users can more transparently track engines and trends.

Lufthansa Technik’s parent company began last week in gloomy mood, warning of further job cuts, fleet reductions and the distinct possibility that

With airlines moving to smaller, leaner and more efficient fleets of narrowbodies to accommodate predicted reductions in passengers through 2023, AJW

Since the mid 1980s, aerospace and defense executives have identified the hiring of a diversity of people— gender, age, and ethnicity—as having a corporate value and contribution to success. Over the last five years, there has been measurable, though subtle, improvement.