Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Airlines continue to feel the serious impact of aerospace supply chain challenges.
In 2025 alone, supply chain failures cost airlines at least $11 billion.
With the aircraft order backlog over 18,000 and the average fleet age having already reached a record 15.2 years, these ongoing challenges require urgent practical action and cooperation across the aviation value chain.
We're outlining four main priorities to do just that:
🏭 Enhance supply chain visibility
🔧 Open up the aftermarket
🤖 Unlock the value of data, digitalization, and AI
👷 Build human capacity
“The supply chain is under real pressure, but this is not a reason for pessimism. It is a reason for action. These four priorities alone are not complete solutions. But they would be an important step for OEMs, suppliers, MROs, lessors, regulators, and airlines working together to achieve the resilient aerospace supply chains that global connectivity needs," said Stuart Fox, IATA’s Director, Flight and Technical Operations, during the inaugural IATA World Maintenance and Engineering Symposium in Madrid.
Airline operations are being disrupted, and the situation needs to be improved with urgency and coordination.
Learn more about what needs to be done to help strengthen the supply chain by visiting IATA.org
#IATAWMES
Airlines continue to feel the serious impact of aerospace supply chain challenges.
In 2025 alone, supply chain failures cost airlines at least $11 billion.
With the aircraft order backlog over 18,000 and the average fleet age having already reached a record 15.2 years, these ongoing challenges require urgent practical action and cooperation across the aviation value chain.
We're outlining four main priorities to do just that:
🏭 Enhance supply chain visibility
🔧 Open up the aftermarket
🤖 Unlock the value of data, digitalization, and AI
👷 Build human capacity
“The supply chain is under real pressure, but this is not a reason for pessimism. It is a reason for action. These four priorities alone are not complete solutions. But they would be an important step for OEMs, suppliers, MROs, lessors, regulators, and airlines working together to achieve the resilient aerospace supply chains that global connectivity needs," said Stuart Fox, IATA’s Director, Flight and Technical Operations, during the inaugural IATA World Maintenance and Engineering Symposium in Madrid.
Airline operations are being disrupted, and the situation needs to be improved with urgency and coordination.
Learn more about what needs to be done to help strengthen the supply chain by visiting IATA.org
#IATAWMES
