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Boeing Strike Leaves Asian Airlines Sweating on Plane Deliveries
- Almost 1,000 Max jets expected by carriers in Asia by 2030
- Korean Air, Vietjet among those suffering or expecting delays
Boeing’s manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, on Sept. 12.
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The Seattle factory strike crippling production at Boeing Co. is triggering delays to 737 Max deliveries across Asia, a region that’s already home to some of the biggest order backlogs for the flagship aircraft.
The US manufacturer is due to hand over 981 Max jets to carriers in Asia, led by Air India Ltd. and Indonesia’s Lion Air, by 2030, according to data from Cirium. That’s close to one-third of all scheduled deliveries of the aircraft worldwide over that period.