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Jan. 10, 2012 - Boeing today successfully achieved their target production rate of 35 airplanes a month for the 737NG, the first airplane produced at the new rate was delivered to AWAS Aviation Services, Inc. Norwegian Air Shuttle will lease the airplane from AWAS. The 35th airplane to be built at the new rate is on schedule to roll out of the factory today demonstrating the production system has been successfully in producing at a rate of 35 airplanes a month.

Focus will now turn to sustaining the new production rate while work is also underway to once again increase the rate to 38 737s a month in second quarter 2013 and a final increase to 42 a month in the first half of 2014.

Renton is also celebrating successfully securing production of the 737 MAX. It is thought that there will be a requirement for a third production line within Boeing’s giant facility when production of the 737MAX begins. This third line will initially run in parallel with the existing two 737NG lines. As soon as all of the NGs on order have been delivered all three lines will be reconfigured to produce the MAX.