The US plane manufacturer Boeing has begun flying 737 Max jets that were refused by Chinese airline customers back to the United States, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates.

The US plane manufacturer Boeing has begun flying 737 Max jets that were refused by Chinese airline customers back to the United States, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates.

Bloomberg reported earlier this week that China had instructed airlines to stop taking delivery of Boeing jets.

    • MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
      41·
      2 days ago

      Airlines usually customize the engines, avionics, galley, toilets, cabin interior, seat configuration, in-flight entertainment, etc.

      Just because they’re bringing the aircraft back, doesn’t mean they get to ship them out to other waiting customers ASAP.

      • aim_at_me@lemmy.nzEnglish
        201·
        2 days ago

        It’s not usually Boeing that does the interior btw, and is usually done after delivery by a third party.

      • Skunk@piefed.socialEnglish
        76·
        2 days ago

        It’s called option, not customization.

        You can’t put a huge ass spoiler on your 737 to have it stick better to the ground, and it will go back down anyway.

        • TheRealKuni@midwest.socialEnglish
          19·
          1 day ago

          You can’t put a huge ass spoiler on your 737 to have it stick better to the ground

          Just to “um akshually” a bit because I found this fascinating when I learned about it ages ago.

          A spoiler on a car doesn’t help it stick to the ground better. Rather it “spoils” air, reducing drag and allowing air to flow around the car better. Like damming up the air between the roof and the spoiler, allowing other air to just flow from the roof to the spoiler. This means there isn’t a vacuum created behind the cabin, so you have less turbulent air and less drag.

          A wing on a car increases drag, and forces the car down to the ground by creating lift (though since the wing is upside down compared to a plane, we call this lift “downforce”).

          We often use the terms “spoiler” and “wing” interchangeably when referring to cars, but they’re very different beasts!

    • albert180@piefed.socialDeutsch
      31·
      2 days ago

      Well I assume the other airlines will inspect the Airplane rigorously when they know someone else already refused delivery for it, because they don’t want a shitty lemon