At the JP Morgan Industrials Conference this week, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby confirmed that he has asked Boeing to stop building 737 MAX 10s.
This is until it’s clearer “if and when” the aircraft type will be certified.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
A Blow to the Boeing 737 MAX 10?
Kirby also had this to say on whether Boeing have accepted the safety concerns:
“I think they have accepted that there are larger changes that they need to make”.
“I’m encouraged at least at the first step.”
United Airlines currently has around 277 Boeing 737 MAX 10s on order, with options for another 200.
The first aircraft have been built for them already, despite the variant not receiving commercial certification yet.
It is understood that the airline has asked to convert manufacturing and delivery slots to the MAX 9 instead for the time being.
For now, this is a blow from a major customer of the Boeing 737 MAX 10, but this does not…
