Boeing Weighing Contingencies for Further 737 Rate Hikes
Now building 737s at a rate of 38 per month, Boeing plans to speed production to a monthly rate of 42 by next year’s second quarter. (Photo: Boeing)
Now building 737s at a rate of 38 per month, Boeing plans to speed production to a monthly rate of 42 by next year’s second quarter. (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing president and CEO Jim McNerney said he sees “a clear path” to raising 737 production rates above 42 airplanes a month as 737 Max 8s begin to supplant current-generation airplanes on its assembly lines in Renton, Washington, and its share of the market for its re-engined narrowbodies reaches equilibrium with that for Airbus’s A320neo.