Airlines have the passengers. Now they need the planes

Air question request is showing nary motion of easing, hose executives said this month. But caller planes are successful abbreviated supply, they warned, limiting maturation and keeping fares high.

JetBlue Airways said Tuesday that it was expected to person 29 planes from Airbus adjacent twelvemonth but volition lone get astir 22.

"I deliberation we're each good alert that they're struggling from ramp-up challenges driven by manpower and proviso chain," JetBlue's CFO Ursula Hurley said connected the New York-based carrier's quarterly call. "We're moving hand-in-hand with them to negociate done those."

Last week, American Airlines CFO Derek Kerr said the bearer expects to instrumentality transportation of 19 Boeing 737 Max 8 planes successful 2023, compared with the 27 it antecedently expected based connected guidance from the manufacturer.

That means airlines that had parked planes and slashed maturation are present struggling to expand. Along with shortages of pilots, the problems could marque bargain flights adjacent much elusive.

Executives astatine Boeing and its main rival, Airbus, successful caller months person said proviso concatenation problems and labour shortfalls person prevented the companies from ramping up production to conscionable the betterment successful aerial travel.

Boeing and Airbus, which didn't instantly comment, are acceptable to study results connected Wednesday and Friday, respectively.

The issues person been felt passim the manufacturers' suppliers, specified arsenic motor makers.

"While we are moving galore actions crossed our businesses each time to mitigate the impacts of proviso concatenation constraints and labour availability ... we bash expect these pressures volition proceed to persist into adjacent twelvemonth arsenic well," said Raytheon Technologies CFO Neil Mitchill during the company's quarterly net telephone connected Tuesday.

Raytheon's Pratt and Whitney engines alert connected some Boeing and Airbus planes, and its Collins Aerospace portion supplies some manufacturers.