The bottleneck squeezing airline capacity isn’t demand, it’s parts

Consider this: global travel demand hasn’t collapsed this year, even with a war weighing on it, and the industry’s own load factor data argues for a supply story over a demand one. The real constraint running through the industry is supply: engines are sitting in the shop for repairs longer than carriers can plan around, and the industry’s main workaround, leaning on cargo while trimming passenger networks, shows up in ... The post The bottleneck squeezing airline capacity isn’t demand, it’s parts appeared first on The Loadstar .