Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun on Wednesday told reporters the U.S. planemaker expects to resume 737 MAX production months before its forecast mid-year return to service.
The company announced a production halt last month, when the global grounding of the fast-selling 737 MAX following two deadly crashes in five months looked set to last into mid-2020 — a timeline pushed back after Boeing endorsed new simulator training for pilots.
Mr. Calhoun said the company is not considering scrapping the MAX and expects it will continue to fly for a generation.
The production delay threatens to cut U.S. gross domestic product by as much as 0.5 percentage points.
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