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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Boeing is resuming production of its bestselling plane, the 737 MAX, for the first time since 33,000 workers began a seven-week strike that ended in early November. The company said Tuesday that plane-building resumed at its plant in Renton after going through a process of identifying and fixing potential problems.

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... Production and deliveries of MAX jets and another airline plane, the 787 Dreamliner, have been stopped several times in recent years to fix manufacturing flaws.

"Our team has worked methodically to restart factory operations in the Pacific Northwest. We have now resumed 737 production in our Renton factory, with our Everett (Washington) programs on plan to follow in the days ahead," the company said in a statement.

Separately, the company said it took orders for 49 planes in November but lost an order by U.K. carrier TUI for 14 MAX jets. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-11 12:40 AM | Reply

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Alaska Air CEO Says Boeing Quality Is Improving Under New Leader
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... Alaska Air Group Inc.'s top executive said quality processes at Boeing Co. are beginning to improve, nearly a year after a frightening in-flight accident at the carrier sent the planemaker into crisis.

"We're holding the quality bar extremely high on Boeing," Alaska Chief Executive Officer Ben Minicucci said in an interview with Bloomberg Monday. "Are they where they need to be? No, but we are seeing an improving trend in those quality processes. They're making a ton of changes."

Alaska employees are in Boeing's factory every day, overseeing the aircraft assembly process, Minicucci said, noting that the facility in Washington state is only a short drive from Alaska's Seattle headquarters. The executive met recently with new Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and Alaska holds monthly meetings with the planemaker, in addition to reviewing quarterly reports from an independent Boeing audit team.

Ortberg "has a good grasp of the issues that are there and he's going to push hard to make the changes that are required," Minicucci said.

The carrier has been intertwined with Boeing's tumultuous 2024 after a door-sized panel flew off an airborne Alaska 737 Max plane in January, drawing widespread attention, prompting temporary aircraft groundings and putting a spotlight on Boeing's manufacturing processes. Minicucci was a vocal critic of the planemaker in the immediate aftermath, saying he was "angry" and "disappointed" in Boeing. ...


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-11 12:43 AM | Reply

Not crazy about the MAX, but the Dreamliner is awesome.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-12 01:20 PM | Reply

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