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“It’s been a real issue for both manufacturers and will probably stay that way in my view almost to the end of next year,” Boeing Chief Executive David Calhoun said at Bloomberg’s Qatar Economic Forum in Doha.
“And the biggest restraint of all for that mid-tier set of suppliers and sub-tier set of suppliers is labour availability, do we have a workforce,” he said.
Boeing said on May 11 that 737 production had been slowed by shortages of a single type of wiring connector.
Reuters last month reported engine maker CFM International, a joint venture between GE and Safran (EPA:SAF), was facing industrial delays of six to eight weeks in the wake of supply-chain problems.
