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Boeing deliveries to Mainland China resume: report
June 9th 2025
In a sign Boeing may be resuming commercial aircraft deliveries to Mainland China, a 737 MAX 8 painted in Xiamen Airlines livery took off from Seattle late last week and travelled to Kailua-Kona in Hawaii and then onwards to Guam. Read More » The aircraft, registration N230BE, was expected to arrive at Boeing’s completion centre in Zhoushan this week, media reports said. Boeing suspended deliveries of aircraft to Mainland China customers after the U.S. and China imposed steep tariffs on each country’s goods. The airframer also flew back aircraft slated for delivery from Zhoushan to the U.S. following the tit for tat tariffs. In May, the governments of both countries reduced the rate of the tariffs for 90 days. Boeing CEO, Kelly Ortberg, said in late May the company expected to resume aircraft deliveries this month.
