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.

  • Link@rentadrunk.org
    819·
    2 days ago

    Aren’t these the planes that were grounded due the multiple crashes?

    That might be a reason why they don’t want them.

    • Hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      25·
      1 day ago

      If that were the issue they would have canceled the orders several years ago. Refusing the planes at this point is due to more recent developments.

    • Skunk@piefed.socialEnglish
      45·
      2 days ago

      It is, but that’s not the reason here (even if not buying a 60 years airframe with shit avionics and too low ground clearance is a valid reason).

      Most Asian orders are for bigger aircrafts, so 777 and 787 for Boeing.

      And even without tariffs retaliation from China, Boeing is fucked because of tariffs. An aircraft is 90% imported parts from all over the world. Airbus is the same, but Airbus is not in the US (well, they have an A320 line there for US market but they can close it and keep working with the rest of the world from Europe, Boeing can’t do that)

    • TheRealKuni@midwest.socialEnglish
      242·
      1 day ago

      They fixed the MCAS issue a while back. It now requires data from multiple sensors, is only able to activate once per flight, and has a dramatically reduced strength on that one activation.

      Mentour Pilot did great videos about the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines incidents that go into detail about that system and its flaws.

    • elucubra@sopuli.xyz
      14·
      1 day ago

      It’s a trade action. They want them, and need them. Airbus and Boeing are the main, by far, manufacturers of medium and large passenger jets, and they are back ordered until the 2030’s. But Boeing jets are some of the most expensive per unit US items you can use as bargaining chips.