News / Boeing and Airbus hit as supply chain woes hamper aircraft production

A320 Final Assembly in Hamburg Credit Airbus.

For ten days in May, Boeing all but halted production of its 737 MAX, the Wall Street Journal reported this month, citing unidentified sources who attributed the disruption to supply chain snarls.

In the past, Boeing would move planes down the assembly line and install the missing parts afterwards. This time it paused aircraft on the line.

Boeing has a host of undelivered 737 MAXs and 787s on its hands, the latter owing to inspections and repairs after small cracks were found ...