Name: Aerospace Leaders Discuss Complex Supply-chain Challenges
Uploaded: 2025-06-30T17:35:36.000Z
Description: Ripples are still being felt from the Covid pandemic.

In a special roundtable discussion, AIN invited senior executives from FDH Aero, GKN Aerospace, StandardAero, and AeroDynamic Advisory to share their expertise on the main issues facing the aviation industry supply chain. Attitudes to costs and quality have shifted in the wake of the Covid pandemic, and companies are taking new approaches to supporting aircraft operators and managing increased production rates. This discussion was sponsored by parts distributor FDH Aero.

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Aerospace Leaders Discuss Complex Supply-chain Challenges

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