(Reuters) – Boeing said on Tuesday it delivered 14 commercial planes in October, far fewer than the 34 planes delivered in the same period a year earlier, as a weeks-long strike that halted most of its production continued. was completed on November 5.
The American aircraft manufacturer, which asked all workers at its West Coast factories to return to work on Tuesday, added in a statement that it will be several weeks before production fully resumes.
Boeing, which faces increased scrutiny from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is resuming production of its best-selling planes, the 737 MAX, as well as the 767, 777 and 777x models.
The group is therefore trying to increase production of 737s to reach a rate of 38 per month in order to generate the income necessary to compensate for the strike which weighed on its deliveries in September and October.
Production of the 737 MAX was also slowed after January 5, when a cabin panel of an almost new aircraft was torn off in mid-flight, reinforcing regulatory surveillance on the group.
Boeing said at the time that it would continue to monitor production to ensure safety and quality and would ensure employee training certifications were up to date.
According to the group, October deliveries included nine 737 MAXs, four 787s and one 767 freighter for FedEx. Since the start of the strike on September 12, Boeing has delivered 24 aircraft.
The group recorded 63 gross orders during the month, without any cancellations, including forty-six 737s, four 777 freighters and ten 787s.
Year to date, Boeing has recorded 378 gross orders and 335 net orders after cancellations and conversions. After adjusting for accounting standards, Boeing recorded 141 net orders.
According to the group, 220 gross orders, or nearly 60% of its orders for the year, were placed between July and October.
European rival Airbus (AIR.PA) said on Nov. 7 that it had delivered 62 planes in October, as the world’s largest planemaker tries to meet an annual target of “around” 770 planes, revised down from 800 in July after supply chain problems.
(Reporting Dan Catchpole in Seattle and Allison Lampert in Montreal; Etienne Breban, editing by Kate Entringer)
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