Boeing detailed the upcoming production increases for its family of re-engined single-aisle aircraft, which are expected to increase from 31 to 38 per month by summer then to 50 per month by 2026.
According to information from the Bloomberg agency, the American aircraft manufacturer has informed its customers of the imminent increase in the production rate of the 737 MAX, currently at 31 aircraft per month. Of the hiring are underway to accelerate this rate to 38 devices per month by the middle of the year, in order to increase “the flow of Treasury positive of the company” (every delivery pays off).
The goal on the horizon 2026 is to return to 50 MAX assembled each month; let us recall that before the two accidents which caused 346 victims at Lion Air and Ethiopian and immobilized the entire fleet in the world, then the Covid-19 pandemic, Boeing produced monthly 52 737 in its FALs.
The MAX program has also received a welcome boost in recent months, with the resumption in mid-January in Chine American re-engined single-aisle flights (nine airlines are using it once more). And Boeing installs a additional FAL for its single-aisle aircraft in Everett, replacing the one dedicated to the deceased 747.
By 2022, Boeing had delivered 374 MAX 8 and MAX 9, 134 more than the previous year; new MAX 7 expected to be certified this year (with deliveries beginning by the end of the year), Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) CEO Stan Deal hopes, but bets remain open on the MAX 10.
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