PARIS/NEW DELHI : Standing at a small booth among a row of other Japanese aerospace suppliers at the Paris Airshow, Yoko Konno is excited at the prospect of new orders for her company, but frowns at long delays to get titanium and the rising cost of chemicals.'It is challenging but it is a chance to get m
PARIS/NEW DELHI : Standing at a small booth among a row of other Japanese aerospace suppliers at the Paris Airshow, Yoko Konno is excited at the prospect of new orders for her company, but frowns at long delays to get titanium and the rising cost of chemicals.
"There are issues and lack of capacity almost everywhere," said Anne Brachet, executive vice president of Air France-KLM's engineering and maintenance division. It's raising concerns whether jetmakers Airbus and Boeing will be able to hit ambitious goals to ramp up output in order to meet delivery targets, particularly after the show saw orders for almost 1,000 jets from just two Indian carriers.
"Now all the people who used to buy from Russia are shopping in our store," said Nik Delic, president of New England Airfoil Products in Connecticut, which purchases U.S.-made titanium. DCM Group in Canada's Quebec produces parts welded from sheet metal which mostly need protective coatings.
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