The FAA is planning to review hundreds of new Boeing 737 Max planes individually before they can be delivered to customers.
Boeing executives have repeatedly said they expect regulators to sign off on the planes this quarter and said Nov. 11 deliveries could resume as early as this month, a forecast that investors applauded. But the FAA and administrator Steve Dickson continue to say that the agency has no set timeline to allow the planes to return to market, setting up a public tug-of-war between the manufacturer and the FAA.
“The FAA has determined that the public interest and safety in air commerce require that the FAA retain authority to issue airworthiness certificates and export certificates of airworthiness for all 737 Max airplanes,” said the FAA’s letter to Boeing.
Boeing didn’t say whether the change would alter its long-held projection that it would win regulator approval in the fourth quarter but a spokesman said: “We continue to work closely with the FAA on the safe return to service of the Max fleet.” The FAA didn’t say how long the process would take but a spokesman said the agency has “enough inspectors in place to accommodate Boeing’s delivery capacity.”
The 737 Max is Boeing’s best-selling plane and the manufacturer halted deliveries and slashed production of the planes after the worldwide grounding in March. Boeing has stored more than 300 of the new planes in Washington state and Texas.
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