Boeing is accelerating its efforts to hire replacement workers, a push that will likely displace some striking workers, a company executive said Tuesday.

Beta flies its conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) model for Washington state officials and other attendees.

The threat of new tariffs between the United States and China will mostly affect Boeing in two key ways. For starters, Boeing produces its aircraft in the United States, but it buys subcomponents from a large range of global suppliers.

SEATTLE/WASHINGTON – Boeing can hike 737 MAX production to 42 planes per month after the Federal Aviation Administration lifted a 38 plane-per-month cap that had been in place since January 2024, the agency and planemaker said on Friday.