Airlines Learn Patience In Constrained Airbus-Boeing Duopoly

Aircraft production schedules of both Airbus and Boeing are packed, with carriers required to wait years for new planes (Credit: AFP)

With the latest Boeing crisis, airlines are staring down more delays, a familiar problem in a market in which both the US giant and rival Airbus face supply chain constraints.

Over the past year Boeing has struggled with difficulties on its star plane, the 737 MAX, culminating with a major in-flight safety incident on Alaska Airlines in early January.