Boeing has reached the Federal Aviation Administration-imposed production rate of 38 737 MAX aircraft per month.
The company tracks six major key performance indicators, including rework on undelivered aircraft, to assess production stability. One indicator fluctuates between green and below green status for rework but shows progress.
Boeing has completed a capstone review on the 787 programme, increasing output from five to seven aircraft per month. The airframer faces proposed fines exceeding €2.9m euro for safety violations from September 2023 to February 2024 related to the door plug incident.
Michael O’Leary of Ryanair says he expects to take delivery of 20 737-800 Max aircraft before December and four in the new year.
Kelly Ortberg shared “That plan is on track. They’re implementing it on schedule. So, I feel real good about that. We got one KPI that we’ve been bouncing between ‘green’ and a little bit ‘below green,’ which is rework. We see that progressing well. We’ll go from 42 and then we’ll go up another five, and we’ll go up another five.”
