Boeing Ramp-Downs Highlight Latest Airframe Manufacturer Adjustments

July 31, 2020
Boeing 787 assembly line
The cut in monthly 787 production to seven per month by 2022, a 30% reduction from today’s rate, will prompt Boeing to consider consolidating the program’s final assembly lines at one location. Currently, they are produced in Everett and Charleston (pictured). Charleston is the only facility producing all three 787 variants.
Credit: Sean Broderick/AW&ST
Among growing acceptance that the airline industry’s return to prepandemic activity levels will take at least several years and will not be smooth, Airbus and Boeing are resetting their expectations, and production levels, to match the reduced demand. Boeing unveils reduced monthly production rate...

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