Global supply bottlenecks are increasingly threatening the industry. According to Airbus armaments chief Michael Schöllhorn, aviation has also been severely affected.
The head of the Airbus armaments division, Michael Schöllhorn, believes that greater efforts are necessary to arm the industry against global supply bottlenecks.
“The handicap becomes noticeable. That was different a few months ago. Even before the Ukraine crisis, the chip crisis only hit aviation in individual areas, but not like the automotive industry,” said Schöllhorn, who is also President of the Federal Association of the German Aerospace Industry (BDLI), the German Press agency ahead of the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) beginning on Wednesday.
In the meantime, it is also affecting the large suppliers to the aviation industry who build larger electronic assemblies. “It’s now a kind of shortage management. If the supply chain doesn’t work at several points, there will quickly be a ripple effect and the work processes have to be reorganized according to the motto: What can I build next now, »said the head of Airbus Defense & Space.
In response, Airbus is looking for new suppliers, for example by developing other sources of titanium. “I’m confident about that. Already with the annexation of Crimea in 2014 we started to build up a certain inventory. In the short and medium term we are thus secured. The chip crisis is more difficult. But that’s our turn too.”
The general aim is to become more resistant to disruptive factors. “That is the lesson from both Covid and the Ukraine crisis,” said Schöllhorn. “There are certainly other geopolitical issues in the world that Europe needs to keep a very close eye on, such as the situation around Taiwan. In this respect, there are efforts everywhere to redomesticate more.” When asked whether there was a drop in orders due to the loss of flight connections as a result of the pandemic and now due to a lack of staff at the airlines, he said: «No. The order books are well filled.”
Source: Stern
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