Boeing’s 2021 Deliveries Fall Behind Airbus’ | 波音 2021 年的交付量落后于空客

在 2021 年前五个月，波音公司交付了103架飞机，而空客同期交付了213架。

Boeing has delivered 103 aircraft in the first five months of 2021, compared to Airbus’ 213. 

由于飞机质量缺陷，波音今年在波音737MAX和波音787的交付方面仍然存在问题。第一季度末，波音已完工但未交付的波音787库存增加到约100架，这主要是由于之前5个月该机暂停了交付，这一情况在3月底才结束。本次暂停交付的原因与飞机下线后的检查和返工有关，以解决机身连接超差相关的问题。波音787的交付在3月恢复，但在在交付了13架后再次暂停——至此到5月中旬后都没有新的787交付。最新的交付延误与FAA对波音进行了更多的审查有关。

Boeing has continued to have issues with the MAX and the 787 this year due to quality issues. Boeing’s inventory of completed, undelivered 787s grew to about 100 aircraft at the end of the first quarter, largely due to a five-month delivery pause that ended in late March. The halt was linked to post-production inspections and re-work to address issues linked mostly to out-of-tolerance fuselage joins. Deliveries resumed in March but were paused again after 13 deliveries—none since mid-May. The latest delays are linked to FAA’s scrutiny of Boeing’s shift to more reliance on analytics to guide its physical inspections.

但波音总裁兼首席执行官戴夫·卡尔霍恩相信，在FAA对公司评估和解决生产质量问题的流程感到满意后，波音787的交付就可以恢复，此后该机的月产能就能稳定在“强劲”的程度。

But Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun is confident that 787 deliveries can settle in at a “robust” monthly rate once they resume after FAA is satisfied with the company’s process to evaluate and address production quality issues.