Sources say Boeing will resume deliveries of wide-body passenger aircraft to China, including 777, 787

This website’s news on June 27, according to Reuters citing people familiar with the matter, Boeing is resuming deliveries of wide-body aircraft to China, a project that has been suspended due to regulations in recent weeks.

Orders for the wide-body 777 and 787 aircraft are expected to be delivered in the coming days, with Boeing 737 MAX deliveries expected to resume as early as next month, sources said.

The report mentioned that Boeing’s aircraft deliveries to China were temporarily suspended in May, and the company had sent a message to investors about the delay. The suspension comes as the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) conducts a review of batteries in cockpit voice recorders.

Boeing said in a late 2023 filing that it had about 140 737 MAX 8 aircraft in its inventory, including 85 for Chinese customers. From the beginning of 2024 to the end of April, Boeing delivered 22 aircraft to China.

Boeing 737MAX Since two air crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people, it has been grounded by many countries around the world. It will not be allowed to fly again until 2022 by some countries. In January 2023, China Southern Airlines flight CZ3960 took off from Guangzhou and flew to Zhengzhou, marking the resumption of commercial passenger operations of Boeing 737MAX aircraft in China. Liu Qing, President of BoeingGreater China, issued a statement at the end of 2023, stating that with the full cooperation of the Boeing team and customer team, all 737MAX of China Civil Aviation have resumed operations and have begun flying multiple regional international routes.

The Boeing 787 is an ultra-long-range wide-bodypassenger aircraft, launched in December 2009. According to previous reports on this site, due to production defects, Boeing stopped the delivery of the 787 Dreamliner at the end of 2020, and has gradually resumed since 2022. At the end of 2023, the Boeing 787-9 aircraft provided for China Juneyao Airlines flew from Everett, Washington, USA to Shanghai. This is the first time since November 2019 that Boeing has delivered a 787 Dreamliner directly to a Chinese airline.

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