The planemaker confirmed closing week it restarted production of its only-selling 737 MAX jetliner in early December
Reuters
18 December, 2024, 01:20 pm
Final modified: 18 December, 2024, 01:24 pm
Boeing acknowledged late on Tuesday it has resumed production of all airplane programs that had been halted by a machinists’ strike in the Pacific Northwest.
The planemaker confirmed closing week it restarted production of its only-selling 737 MAX jetliner in early December – just a few month after the head of a seven-week strike by 33,000 factory personnel – and acknowledged it has now resumed extensive-body programs in Everett, Washington that were impacted.
Boeing Industrial Airplanes CEO Stephanie Pope acknowledged in a social media post on Tuesday the company had now resumed production across its 737, 767, and 777/777X airplane programs.
“We now dangle got taken time to make bound that all manufacturing teammates are recent on coaching and certifications, whereas positioning stock at the optimal ranges for comfy production,” she added.
Final week, Boeing acknowledged it delivered appropriate 13 business jets in November, lower than a quarter of the 56 jetliners it handed over to customers twelve months earlier.
Deliveries were down from 14 in October, when most of the company’s airplane production became as soon as shut down throughout a seven-week strike by 33,000 factory personnel that ended Nov. 5.
The pinnacle of the Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Whitaker, suggested Reuters earlier this month he became as soon as overjoyed Boeing became as soon as slowly and safely resuming production. The FAA acknowledged it might per chance in point of fact per chance well well intensify oversight as Boeing resumed production.
Whitaker capped production at 38 737 MAX planes monthly in January after a door panel missing four key bolts flew off an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 in midair that month, exposing severe security factors at Boeing. He plans but another meeting with the planemaker in January to focus on production.
Pope acknowledged staff were using Boeing’s Security Administration Device to identify and contend with doable factors and make bound that a safe and desirable restart.
“As we pass ahead, we can carefully song our production neatly being efficiency indicators and level of curiosity on turning in safe, excessive-quality airplanes on time to our customers,” Pope acknowledged.
