Embraer recently announced a partnership with the world’s largest car maker, Toyota, to introduce the Toyota Production System (TPS) into its aircraft manufacturing and assembly processes. TPS perfectly fits Embraer’s plans to reduce production lead times by forty percent next…
Continued high fuel costs, operational disruptions at airports, air traffic management issues, and the resulting compensation to customers are expected to push Wizz Air into a first-quarter FY23 operating loss this summer. The ultra-low-cost carrier is particularly blaming supply chain/staffing issues…
Lessor AerCap has taken a $2.4 billion net charge on aircraft that are still in Russia and Ukraine since February, it said on May 17. The charge is for 113 aircraft and eleven engines that are unlikely to be repossessed. AerCap…
In the current environment of supply chain issues that are exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, it must be unlikely that Airbus and Boeing will be able to ramp up the production of their aircraft. That’s the view, at least,…