Post by Javier Fernández Aguirrebeña

✈️ 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗯𝘂𝘀 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁—𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻. 🚀 One of the most revealing messages from the recent 𝘈𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘴' 𝘊𝘌𝘖 is not about the A320 successor itself, but about the future of aerospace supply chains. As Airbus prepares its next-generation single-aisle aircraft 𝘦𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, the focus extends far beyond technology and aerodynamics. ✈️ The company is considering 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱-𝘁𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁, 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 to address growing geopolitical and industrial risks. 🌍 Another noteworthy point is 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻. Despite expectations of consolidation after COVID, many small suppliers remain essential because there are simply no alternatives. 🔐 Airbus also sees increasing acquisition interest from Indian companies looking to expand into Europe. 🏭 I share the view that 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲. The success of future aircraft programs may depend as much on industrial resilience as on engineering excellence. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁: technology, cybersecurity, consolidation, or supply chain resilience? 👇 (in the picture below, the new industrial concept of the new FAL for A320 in Hamburg)