Based in Washington, Michael Bruno is Aviation Week Network’s Executive Editor for Business. He oversees coverage of aviation, aerospace and defense business issues, and is editor in chief of Aviation Week Executive Intelligence newsletters. Beyond reporting, Bruno helps organize related Aviation Week conferences, hosts podcasts and webinars, and speaks publicly as a subject matter expert on industry issues. Since joining Aviation Week in 2005, he has won several Jesse H. Neal and Aerospace Media awards. He has a master's degree from Syracuse University and a bachelor's from Vanderbilt University.
With forgings and castings for commercial aviation engines remaining a chokepoint in the narrowbody supply chain, engine OEM General Electric is trying to diversify away from traditional providers Arconic and Berkshire Hathaway’s Precision Castparts, analysts said at the Paris Air Show.
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury told investors during the Paris Air Show that further bump-ups in production rates of commercial narrowbody aircraft could come around 2022-23, and that discussions with suppliers are ongoing.
