Boeing's plane returns to China for delivery as the rate facilitates


A Boeing 737 Max 8, the second plane destined to use by a Chinese airline that is returned to its manufacturer, lands at Boeing Field, as commercial tensions intensify over US tariffs with China, in Seattle, Washington, on April 22, 2025.

Seul: A new Boeing Max landed in China on Monday, they showed the flight monitoring data, a sign that the United States planner resumed deliveries to Chinese customers while Beijing and Washington relieve their tariff war.

Boeing, which stopped the deliveries of new aircraft to China in April, since the two largest economies in the world increased rates from each other, he said at the end of May that deliveries would resume in June after the tariffs were temporarily reduced for 90 days.

The plane, painted in the Xiamen Airlines libress, landed at the Zhoushan de Boeing completion, near the Shanghai Shopping Center, after leaving Seattle on Saturday, and stopping to refuel in Hawaii and Guam while crossing the Pacific.

The FlightRadar24 monitoring application data show that Boeing had originally transported the ship to Zhoushan in March, before its return to the United States in mid -April, when Chinese airlines stopped taking new Boeing aircraft.

Boeing, Xiamen Airlines and the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) did not immediately respond to comments requests.

China represents approximately 10% of Boeing's commercial portfolio and is an important and growing aviation market.

Representatives of China and the United States will meet in London on Monday to discuss a commercial agreement.

At least three 737 Jets Max were repatriated by Boeing to the United States in April from Zhoushan, where they would receive final touches before delivery to Chinese operators. The first to return was the same that landed on Monday.

Boeing has previously said that customers in China would not receive new airplanes due to tariffs, and was looking to potentially resell dozens of airplanes.

However, the planner had not sent the planes otherwise, despite wanting to cut the inventory.

Beijing has not commented why Boeing's deliveries stopped, but said that Chinese and Boeing airlines had been seriously affected by tariffs imposed by the United States.

In April, Boeing said he had planned that 50 jets go to Chinese operators during the rest of the year, with 41 in production or preconstructed.



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