Aircraft
Supply Chain Issues: Blessing or Curse?
While production levels are hobbled, some say that's a good thing
Phenom light jet on Embraer's assembly line in Melbourne, Fla.
The post-Covid supply chain disruption is causing airframers to have to modify their delivery schedules due to parts shortages. Faced with these issues many of them are considering greater integration of component and parts manufacturing. (Photo: Chad Trautvetter/AIN)

The lingering supply-chain issues resulting from the Covid pandemic are still putting pressure on the aviation industry, according to speakers at last week's  annual JetNet iQ Summit in New York. Yet while those constraints are acting as a drag on production in a period of strong OEM backlogs, some see that as a positive.

“A big issue for a lot of us right now is the supply chain,” explained David Rosenberg, Textron Aviation’s senior v-p and CFO. “We would all love to be building more airplanes right now, but the supply-chain constraints have resulted in a better equilibrium between supply and demand.”

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