Boeing will restart production of commercial airplanes at its core factories in the Puget Sound region of Washington State next week, the company said
Among a series of measures to reduce the risks of transmitting the disease, Boeing said shift start times will be staggered to avoid crowding as workers arrive and depart. Employees will be asked to perform “self-health checks” at home before coming to work, and voluntary temperature checks will be conducted. All workers will be required to wear face coverings.
The company said work will resume toward restarting production of the 737 MAX, which has been halted since the beginning of January following months of setbacks in finalizing changes to its flight control system stemming from two deadly crashes that led regulators to ground the plane worldwide in March 2019.
Boeing this week put about 2,500 Puget Sound-area employees back to work producing military aircraft. Keeping revenue coming in on the defense side of the business will be crucial with Boeing’s airline customers in crisis. The company to cancellation in March, and its commercial backlog fell by a net 307 planes in the first quarter as it accounted for orders that airlines are now unlikely to take delivery of. of its A320, A330 and A350 aircraft lines. Analysts believe Boeing will cut production by at least that much, and potentially more.
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