Boeing intends to increase 737 MAX output “very soon.”
Boeing will begin ramping up production of the 737 MAX “very soon,” according to the director of the company’s commercial division.
The production rate would soon surpass the present rate of 31 jets per month, a Boeing executive said on Thursday, March 20, 2023, according to Reuters.
Deal allegedly gave the 737 MAX 7, which still needs approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, encouraging news (FAA).
Deal added, “We’ve got a handful, maybe less than a dozen, remaining to send to the FAA. We are addressing a few concerns with those submissions. I want them to be flawless so that the FAA is at ease, and then I want to give them time to conduct a review.
Boeing has reaffirmed that it anticipates the MAX 7 to be approved and sent out this year.
The news from Boeing has been well received by the financial markets.
Boeing intends to raise MAX aircraft manufacturing to 50 jets per month by the end of 2026, according to Reuters.
Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan stated he was not “depending on the MAX 7 to be in service here in 2023” earlier in March 2023.
We are depending on Boeing, Jordan declared to reporters on March 8, 2023 at an Aero Club event in Washington. And there is advancement. The time between when it is certified and when we may use it is roughly six months.
Boeing has a number of deliveries for Southwest Airlines, including 271 MAX 7s.
“Aviation will be delayed until 2024 as a result of Boeing’s commitment to 100 this year. The good news is that it really isn’t affecting our capacity because pilots are now the constraint, according to Jordan. “Aviation is not the constraint. So, it truly has no impact on our capacity strategy till early 2024.
