Among growing acceptance that the airline industry’s return to prepandemic activity levels will take at least several years and will not be smooth, Airbus and Boeing are resetting their expectations, and production levels, to match the reduced demand.

Both manufacturers are cognizant of the pressures that production changes, and the resulting lower rates, put on their supply chains.

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