Boeing Working to Stabilize 737 MAX Factory: Executive

A Boeing logo at the company's facility in Everett after it was announced that their 777X model will make its first test flight later in the week in Everett, Washington on Jan. 21, 2020. Lindsey Wasson/Reuters

RENTON, Wash.—Boeing Co. has, for the moment, sidestepped one particular supply chain snag that curbed 737 MAX output and deliveries last month, and is working to stabilize production at its targeted monthly rate, an executive said on Wednesday.

“We’ve been ramping up to 31 a month,” Dennis Eng, 737 Program Business Operations Director, told reporters during a tour of Boeing’s single-aisle factory south of Seattle. “I think we hopefully expect to get there later on this year.”