Boeing hands over first 787 Dreamliner to China since 2019
2023-12-22 08:54:59 source:CNBC
December, 21, 2023
Boeing on Thursday handed over a 787 Dreamliner directly to a Chinese airline for the first time since November 2019, a milestone that could open up the possibility of deliveries of the manufacturer's cash cow, the 737 Max.
The Boeing 787-9 for privately owned Juneyao Airlines departed from outside of Boeing's Everett, Washington, factory for Shanghai, Boeing said Thursday. The last new delivery of a new Boeing 787 to a Chinese airline was in 2021 through a leasing company.
Boeing sent the aircraft as China's pause on scores of pending deliveries of the Boeing 737 Max, the company's bestselling jet, nears its fifth year.
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