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Industry & Markets·

Farnborough 2026: the airshow where nobody wanted to sell you a plane

Once every two years the aviation world gathers to buy jets by the hundred. This year Boeing and Airbus mostly said no — not because demand is weak, but because they're sold out for years. The scarce thing at the airshow wasn't a customer. It was a delivery slot.

#farnborough#boeing#airbus#orders
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Aviation·

Ramping up: what a production increase does to the schedule

Every delivered aircraft is a schedule that has to grow to use it — new frequencies, new routes, a fresh rotation for each tail. As output rates climb, the schedule gets rewritten more often, not less.

#fleet#production#boeing#airbus
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Aviation·

A 12-year backlog: how the aircraft delivery crunch is quietly rewriting airline schedules

Order books stretch past 16,000 aircraft and deliveries run years late. When the fleet plan can't be trusted, the schedule becomes a moving target — and schedule agility becomes a competitive asset.

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