More quality checks cause Boeing deliveries to drop by half in March

ARLINGTON, Virginia: This week, Boeing said that as it was forced to reduce 737 MAX production due to increased quality checks and audits by regulators, it only delivered 29 airplanes in March, down more than half from the 64 delivered in the same month a year ago.

The U.S. plane maker said that to improve manufacturing quality following the mid-air blowout of a door plug on a 737 MAX 9 jet, it came under increa