Feb 19 (Reuters) - Planemakers should make strides on

single and double aisle jet output in 2025 despite supply chain

problems that have weighed on production in recent years, Howmet

Aerospace ( HWM ) CEO John Plant said on Wednesday.

Planemakers Boeing and Airbus have found it

difficult to meet production targets on new jets, despite

healthy order books and strong demand from airlines,

highlighting supply chain snags and labor shortages among other

industry challenges.

"I do have optimism that we're going to break through narrow

body build and wide body build during this year," Plant said at

the Barclays Annual Industrial Select Conference.

"We can't keep talking about supply chain constraints year

after year. They have to be resolved, or maybe most of them

already are and maybe they are being used as a bit of a fig leaf

sometimes, here or there."