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Engine shortages, fleet risk and the next aircraft technologies

Part two shifts to grounded aircraft, repair capacity and the trade-offs airlines face when ordering fleets, before testing claims about future aircraft designs.

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The conversation

In the second conversation, Thomas Jaeger and Addison Schonland examine engine-related aircraft groundings, maintenance capacity and the difficulty of planning fleets against delivery and repair constraints. They compare Boeing’s quality recovery with Airbus’s backlog and discuss the complexity of Air India’s mixed fleet.

The conversation also considers airline ancillary revenue, older engines kept in service, and the infrastructure hurdles facing supersonic and blended-wing aircraft concepts. Part one focuses on India’s airline structure and the aircraft market.

Key Takeaways

  1. Jaeger and Schonland examine engine-related aircraft groundings and whether maintenance capacity can catch up with demand.
  2. They weigh Boeing’s recovery against Airbus’s long backlog for airlines seeking capacity later in the decade.
  3. The discussion considers Air India’s mixed-fleet complexity and the contribution of ancillary fees to airline economics.
  4. They assess older engines kept in service and the infrastructure challenges facing supersonic and blended-wing aircraft concepts.

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