By Dan Catchpole
(Reuters) -Boeing aims to increase production of its best-selling 737 MAX jets to 42 aircraft per month in the next few months and to boost output to 47 a month in early 2026, Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg said on Thursday.
The U.S. planemaker’s share prices jumped 5% after Ortberg said at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions conference that he hoped to have production at 47 a month by the end of 2025. A few minutes later, he corrected his comments, saying that he expects the company to be getting ready to increase production to 47/month by the end of the year, not reach that production rate.
Boeing is trying to stabilize production at 38/month, where it was capped by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in 2024 after a midair accident put the planemaker’s safety and production quality program under new scrutiny.
Ortberg also said that Chinese airlines are set to resume taking deliveries of Boeing aircraft in June. China had stopped taking deliveries in April in retaliation to tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
(Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
