Delivery delays from planemakers Airbus and Boeing are "massively frustrating" and are not yet getting better, the head of the global airline body IATA said on Wednesday.
A number of Europe's leading airlines bemoaned the resulting capacity constraints at a conference in Brussels, with Ryanair saying it would have to revise down its passenger traffic estimates for next year because of the delays.
"It's massively frustrating for airline CEOs and it's having a big impact," International Air Transport Association Director General Wi---e Walsh told an Irish think-tank.
"It's going to be a problem I think for a number of years to come. The message I get from airline CEOs is the situation doesn't look like it's getting any worse, so it seems to have bottomed out or plateaued, but it's not yet getting better."
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/airbus-boeing-aircraft-delivery-delays-not-improving-iata-head-says-2024-10-16/