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Aeroflot took delivery of seven A350-900s from Airbus in 2021 and has 14 more on order.

Ukraine-Russia conflict could derail global aerospace

Jon Ostrower·January 25, 2022

The threat of increased conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the resulting fall-out leaves the civil aerospace industry acutely vulnerable to everything from astronomical jet fuel prices and disrupted airspace to the potential for full-scale derailment of commercial aircraft production.

The pandemic could soon mean a shortage of new airplanes, too

Courtney Miller·December 15, 2021

Beyond labor shortages, constrained maintenance capacity, and a still-significant portion of the world’s fleet parked, a previously unthinkable challenge faces the industry as the global economy marches on. We may not have enough airplanes.

787 suppliers hold shipments with Boeing assembly line ‘saturated’

Jon Ostrower·September 13, 2021

While Boeing announced it would slow the rate at which it builds 787s in mid-July below five per month, some suppliers have halted work and deliveries of large structural sections by at least one major supplier won’t restart until at least October 26.

A question of profitability again hangs over Boeing’s 787

Jon Ostrower·July 27, 2021

Dogged by languid demand for twin-aisle aircraft and a spate of inspections, rework and manufacturing quality issues on already-built 787s, a question of the program’s long-term profitability hangs over Boeing. In its decade of deliveries, Boeing has earned back about half of the more than $28 billion in 787 production costs it has consistently reassured Wall Street it will recover.

Boeing grapples with a ‘Pandora’s box’ on 787

Jon Ostrower·July 15, 2021

Even as Boeing works to explain its detailed statistical analysis to the Federal Aviation Administration of its inspection findings on its fleet of undelivered 787 Dreamliners, the company continues to disclose new issues with its aircraft that further disrupt its path toward resetting its production system and restarting deliveries.

United wagers environmental and technical credibility in supersonic bet

Jon Ostrower·June 3, 2021

United Airlines wants to fly supersonic with Boom's Overture. "We are pushing the boundaries of what we can do here in commercial aviation.”

Three Points: Airbus supplier reintegration, 737 Max grounding grounding, a swift U.S. refleeting

Jon Ostrower·April 27, 2021

Airbus is bringing its biggest aerostructures suppliers home as part of a far-reaching strategy to deeply integrate both its design and supply chain architecture together for future aircraft. A batch of more than 100 recently-delivered Boeing 737 Max aircraft remain grounded following a design change that inadvertently interrupted safe electrical discharge inside areas of the flight deck. And since the start of the pandemic the U.S. has led new aircraft ordering globally by a large margin.

The Airbus A330 is lost in the pandemic’s economic Twilight Zone

Courtney Miller·March 17, 2021

The A330, Airbus's venerable twin, is stuck between aircraft that are better at being old and those that are better at being new.

Emirates’ Tim Clark says Boeing ‘not getting it’ on 737 Max, 787

Jon Ostrower·March 9, 2021

“The wake up call of the Max was something that told them that all was not right.”

Moving Boeing’s 787 to South Carolina was a dozen years in the making

Jon Ostrower·October 6, 2020

Pandemic was accelerant, not cause of decision to consolidate 787 final assembly to its North Charleston, S.C. plant.

Boeing will consolidate 787 assembly operations to South Carolina

Jon Ostrower·October 1, 2020

Assembly of Boeing's long-range 787 will be done exclusively in South Carolina by mid-2021.

Germany plays economic architect to stabilize its aerospace industry

John Walton·September 21, 2020

The industrial and social dynamics differ radically from those in the United States and elsewhere. The U.S. has provided limited payroll support for its airlines, loans for small businesses, and funds for national security-oriented aerospace companies. Meanwhile, France has offered unprecedented cash injections to its aviation industry, the U.K. has maintained furlough schemes — but Germany has gone considerably farther. Ultimately, the goal is a different outcome for its businesses and its people through the pandemic.

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