RENTON, Wash., Sept. 14, 2015 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] employees in Renton, Wash., have started final assembly of the first 737 MAX 8, the first member of Boeing’s new, more efficient single-aisle family, on schedule.
Pictured here is the first 737 MAX in the first position on the newly completed production line.
“The opening of a brand new production line in Renton increases our flexibility and capacity, allowing this incredible team to continue to meet our customers’ need for the world’s most reliable single-aisle airplanes, well into the future,” said Scott Campbell, vice president and general manager, 737 program and Renton site leader, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Boeing will build the first 737 MAXs exclusively on the new production line in the Renton factory. Once mechanics prove out the production process, the team will extend MAX production to the other two final assembly lines in Renton.
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