aircraft assembly Archives

Closeup view of a large jet with patches on its fuselage where technicians have installed new sections to change the plane into a freighter.

Eric Kulisch Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Vendor troubles slow delivery of Amazon freighter aircraft

EFW, a company that specializes in passenger-to-freighter conversions, is shutting down its U.S. assembly plants because of shortages in skilled labor and other problems that have delayed delivery of large aircraft to Amazon.

Boeing tells 737 MAX fuselage maker to pause production

Boeing’s stop-work order to its fuselage supplier has a lot to do with COVID-19 and the state of the airline industry.

New consortium tackles logistics, supply chain in Canadian aerospace

The partnership of Bolloré Logistics, Group Robert and J2 could see a boon from assembly of the Airbus A220 in Quebec.