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Halt to 737 MAX deliveries stymies Boeing’s recovery effort By Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times
Published: May 12, 2021, 7:50am
Share: FILE - The first Alaska Airlines passenger flight on a Boeing 737-9 Max airplane takes off, Monday, March 1, 2021, on a flight to San Diego from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Boeing says it got more new orders than cancellations for planes in February. Boeing said Tuesday, March 9, that it received 82 new orders and 51 cancellations last month, for a net gain of 31. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Boeing delivered just four 737 MAXs in April before an electrical problem grounded the jet again, halting further deliveries until a fix is approved. The setback frustrated Boeing’s effort to begin to climb out of the pandemic downturn as air travel slowly recovers.
By Jon Hemmerdinger2021-05-11T15:08:00+01:00
Boeing’s aircraft orders outnumbered cancellations again in April, marking the third consecutive month of order expansion for the Chicago airframer.
During April, Boeing logged orders for 25 jets and took cancellations for 17 aircraft, leaving the company with eight net new orders for the month, Boeing reports on 11 May.
Source: Boeing
A rendering of a Boeing 777 freighter in Silk Way West colours
The 25 new orders include five 777 Freighters for Azerbaijan cargo carrier Silk Way West Airlines, 14 737 Max for lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, three Max for lessor Air Lease and three more Max for an unidentified customer.
Boeing Co said on Tuesday 737 MAX jet deliveries fell to just four airplanes in April from 19 in the previous month, as the U.S. planemaker s best-selling aircraft struggles with an electrical problem that has re-grounded part of the fleet.
Boeing said last month it was halting deliveries of the jet again due to the electrical problem. The planemaker started delivering the 737 MAX to airlines in December nearly two years after the jet returned to service following a lengthy safety ban. The company said it delivered a total of 17 airplanes in April, bringing its deliveries to a total of 94 aircraft for the first four months of the year.
Halt to 737 MAX deliveries stymies Boeing’s recovery effort Author: Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times Updated: 3 days ago Published 3 days ago
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Print article Boeing delivered just four 737 MAXs in April before an electrical problem grounded the jet again, halting further deliveries until a fix is approved. The setback frustrated Boeing’s effort to begin to climb out of the pandemic downturn as air travel slowly recovers. The company’s monthly update to its jet orders and deliveries figures, posted online Tuesday, otherwise showed marginal progress. Deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner, which resumed in March after a more than four-month halt due to a separate production quality issue, picked up in April. And while last year was dominated by order cancellations, Boeing for the third straight month showed a small positive net order total.