By David Shepardson
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Boeing Co BA.N is contemplating whether or not to chop or halt manufacturing of its grounded 737 MAX after the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned final week it could not approve the airplane’s return to service earlier than 2020, an individual briefed on the matter mentioned on Sunday.
The most important U.S. planemaker’s board of administrators is holding a daily two-day assembly in Chicago beginning Sunday and the corporate might make an announcement on manufacturing plans as quickly as late Monday, the individual mentioned.
The Seattle Instances reported Sunday the board is contemplating a proposal from high administration to briefly shut down 737 manufacturing. The individual briefed on the matter advised Reuters a short lived shutdown is extra seemingly than one other manufacturing lower, however it could probably take a couple of weeks earlier than manufacturing may very well be halted.
Boeing mentioned in an announcement Sunday the corporate “will proceed to evaluate manufacturing choices based mostly on the timing and circumstances of return to service, which shall be based mostly on regulatory approvals and will range by…