Due to increased quality checks, as in days of old.
Boeing said today it had delivered 29 airplanes in March, down more
than half from the 64 delivered in the same month a year ago,
as 737 MAX production slipped on increased quality checks and
audits by regulators.
Boeing has said it is producing fewer MAX single-aisle jets to
improve manufacturing quality after the January 5 mid-air blowout
of a door plug on a 737 MAX 9 jet brought the US planemaker under increased scrutiny from regulators.
Reuters reported earlier this month that Boeing's monthly output rate fell as low as single digits in late March, well below a Federal Aviation Administration-imposed (FAA) cap of 38 jets a month.
During the first three months of 2024, Boeing handed over 83 airplanes to customers, including 66 MAX jets, the company said,
down from a total 130 airplane deliveries during the first quarter
of 2023.