Boeing can't deliver the 737 Max to customers, and now the planes are clogging up its storage lots (BA)

Boeing 737 Max factory Renton

The global Boeing 737 Max fleet has been grounded since March 13 in response to the crashes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 and Lion Air Flight JT610.
Boeing has suspended customer deliveries of the 737 Max, but production of the plane has continued at a pace of 42 aircraft a month.
As a result, Boeing's storage lots are packed with undelivered 737 Max aircraft.
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The global Boeing 737 Max fleet has been grounded since March 13 in response to the crashes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 and Lion Air Flight JT610.

Along with the grounding, Boeing also suspended customer deliveries of the 737 Max. However, the company did not shut down the Renton, Washington, factory where the 737 is assembled.

Before the March 10 crash in Ethiopia, Boeing had been producing the 737 at a rate of 52 aircraft a month with plans to ratchet production up to 57 planes by the end of the year.

In fact, production continued unabated for nearly a month after the crash, until Boeing announced plans to slash the rate from 52 planes a month to 42 planes a month.

Boeing 737 Max Boeing Field As a result, Boeing is storing the undelivered in various locations around the Puget Sound, a company spokesman told Business Insider.

Even with the production slowdown, the number of undelivered aircraft sitting in and around Boeing's production facilities is beginning to swell.

The planes are sitting in storage lots at the Renton factory; at the Paine Field next to Boeing's Everett, Washington, factory; and at the company's Seattle Delivery Center at Boeing Field.

Aerial photos of the facilities appear to show that space is filling up.

Boeing 737 Max It's unclear when the 737 Max will be able to resume service. American Airlines and Southwest Airlines have both pulled the plane from its schedule until mid-August, and United has pulled the plane from flights through early July.

Boeing is working on a software update to fix the 737 Max's troubled flight-control system. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the agency is expecting Boeing's final proposed fix in the coming weeks.

They are quickly running out of room to store #737MAX's at @PaineField pic.twitter.com/DWfu9IIwj5
— Woodys Aeroimages (@AeroimagesChris) April 15, 2019

They are quickly running out of room to store #737MAX's at Boeing Field as well. They will need to start sending them to either MWH or VCV for storage eventually. pic.twitter.com/ZYoRjlOi9H
— Woodys Aeroimages (@AeroimagesChris) April 15, 2019