{"id":148974,"date":"2024-03-13T12:35:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=148974"},"modified":"2024-03-13T12:56:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:56:03","slug":"united-tells-boeing-to-stop-making-its-max-10s-due-to-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/03\/united-tells-boeing-to-stop-making-its-max-10s-due-to-delays.html","title":{"rendered":"United tells Boeing to stop making its Max 10s due to delays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

United Airlines<\/strong> has told Boeing to stop building 737 Max 10<\/strong> jets for the carrier, opting to switch to a smaller variant and the rival Airbus A321 until the US planemaker can pull the stretched single-aisle through its long-delayed certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve asked Boeing to stop building Max 10s, which they\u2019ve done, for us and start building Max 9s,\u201d United Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby said Tuesday at a JPMorgan investor conference. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to say when the Max 10 is going to get certified.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the Max 10 gets clearance to operate, United will switch back to the Max 10, Kirby said. The United CEO confirmed earlier Bloomberg reports that the airline is looking to swap out some of its massive order for 277 of that variant to use the A321 instead, offering the European planemaker the rare opportunity to seize an important piece of business from its chief rival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are in the market for A321s, and if we get a deal where the economics work, we\u2019ll do something,\u201d Kirby said. \u201cIf we don\u2019t, we won\u2019t and will wind up with more Max 9s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirby has been one of Boeing\u2019s most outspoken critics after a fuselage panel blew off of a 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines in early January. United, the biggest operator of the variant, temporarily took dozens of planes out of service while federal investigators probed the accident. The National Transportation Safety Board has found that workers at Boeing had failed to affix four bolts holding the door plug in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bigger impact on United has been with the coming Max 10, for which it is the launch customer with 200 options in addition to the firm order. The plane\u2019s certification, expected this year, has been pushed back indefinitely as Boeing addresses issues in its factory and contends with increased scrutiny from the Federal Aviation Administration and other US agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Boeing deliveries this year will be \u201cway behind\u201d what the planemaker originally forecast, Kirby said he\u2019s \u201cglad that\u2019s the case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing executives have accepted that they need to make larger changes and go slow for now, in order to eventually ramp up output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is not a 12 month issue, this is a two-decade issue,\u201d Kirby said. \u201cI\u2019d rather Boeing do what they need to do, and they are now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With information from Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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