Boeing expects 787 orders to pick up

Boeing expects to see a pick-up in new orders for its 787 Dreamliner model once it restarts deliveries of the plane, Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal said on Sunday.

Deal said the US planemaker was "very close" to restarting 787 deliveries, which have been halted since May 2021 as Boeing works through inspections and production issues. "Maybe the ninth inning of a ball game," Deal said. "We're getting airplanes ready for the delivery process."

A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesperson said the agency "will sign off on each delivery only after Boeing demonstrates the aircraft meets FAA safety standards."

Boeing also has a December deadline to win approval for the 737 MAX 10 - the largest member of its best-selling single-aisle airplane family. Otherwise, it must meet new cockpit alerting requirements under a 2020 law, unless Congress waives it.