[pasta]

If waiting for a part costs thousands a day, every day saved is a plus.

I think there are a lot of companies willing to pay extra to get it in 18 days vs 27 days.

[ekianjo]

if that is the case you use airfreight.

[pasta]

It depends. A big airplane can carry like 20,000 kg total. This is the weight that fits in most containers.

So its the airfreight cost vs the waiting cost.

[csiegert]

A big airplane can carry a lot more than 20,000 kg (20 metric tons) total. The Antonov An-225 Mriya can carry a payload of 200 tons for 4000 km[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya#Specifica...

[mattkrause]

There is exactly one of those planes in existence.

That said, I think someone is considering (re)starting production.

[sbierwagen]

An airframe isn't going to fit inside an ISO container

[hueving]

Who said anything about putting an airframe in a container?

[sbierwagen]

We discover here the perils of commenting right before you fall asleep.

[jessaustin]

You weren't wrong...