Boeing Turns to Texas to Store 737 Max Jets as Grounding Lingers
- San Antonio gets first plane to be parked outside Seattle area
- Factory production continues even as deliveries are halted
A Boeing 737 MAX 9 test plane is pictured at Boeing Field on March 22, 2019 in Seattle, Washington.
Photographer: Stephen Brashear/Getty Images
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Boeing Co. has started storing 737 Max jets at a vast Texas maintenance base as the planemaker continues to churn out the single-aisle aircraft while waiting for regulators to lift a global grounding.
Planespotter Chris Edwards picked up the radar track of the first factory-fresh Max to be parked outside the Seattle area as it headed to San Antonio on Tuesday from a paint shop in California. Boeing spokesman Doug Alder confirmed his account.