The American aircraft manufacturer Boeing announces the discontinuation of production of the B2,4-747 after a quarterly loss of 8 billion US dollars. According to the current planning status, the last jumbo jet is to be finalized in 2022.

According to analysts, the amount of the loss is surprising, because they reckoned with a maximum of half. The aircraft manufacturer is now taking further measures and is generally reducing the production rate of long-haul aircraft. The series 777 and 787 are primarily affected. Only two machines are to be manufactured per month and type. The order book for the 747-8, which is only produced as a freighter, will last until 2022. However, the rate here is only half a jumbo jet per month.

With regard to the Boeing 737-Max, the top management assumes that a re-approval will be granted very soon. However, the US aircraft manufacturer assumed that this was the case several times before new defects were discovered. The production of this machine type has been running at an extremely low level since May 2020.