Boeing (USA) said it will add a new 737 MAX production line in Everett, Washington (USA) by mid-2024 as it plans to increase deliveries of the plane it sells. This best run.
CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Stan Deal, says the new line will be the airline’s fourth production unit for the 737 MAX and play the role necessary to meet strong demand.
Deal added that Boeing is resuming production of the 737 MAX model at the line in Renton. Boeing ordered nearly 700 MAX planes last year, with deliveries of 387 737s and still has a backlog. the order about 3,600 MAX series aircraft.
Deal said that in addition to preparing the facilities, Boeing has begun the process of preparing the suppliers, customers, unions and the number of employees needed to set up the new line. Boeing is working to ensure safety and top quality.
According to Boeing, the airline has been steadily producing 31 737s per month and plans to increase production to about 50 planes per month in the timeframe from 2025 to 2026.
[Tập đoàn Boeing có kế hoạch thuê thêm 10.000 nhân viên trong năm 2023]
In December 2022, the US Congress decided to lift the deadline to impose new safety standards for modern cockpit warnings for two new versions of the 737 MAX aircraft.
The above policy was imposed by the National Assembly in 2020 after two fatal crashes of 737 MAX aircraft in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
Boeing recently announced plans to hire 10,000 more employees in 2023 to meet the need to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and increase aircraft production capacity, but will cut some ancillary jobs.
In 2022, Boeing has hired about 14,000 people, bringing the company’s total workforce from about 142,000 employees in 2021 to 156,000 people as of December 31, 2022, of which about 136,000 employees work. in America.
The number of Boeing employees is about to be on par with pre-COVID-19 levels (about 161,000 at the end of 2019).
In 2020, when the epidemic was breaking out, Boeing’s staff was reduced to about 141,000 people when the company announced job cuts.
Tra My (VNA/Vietnam+)