Boeing is resuming production of its bestselling plane, the 737 Max, for the first time since 33,000 workers began a seven-week strike that ended in early November.
The company said Tuesday that plane-building resumed at its plant in Renton, Washington, after going through a process of training workers and identifying and fixing potential problems.
Boeing shares rose 4.5%, their best single-day percentage gain in nearly four months.
Production and deliveries of Max jets and another airline plane, the 787 Dreamliner, have been stopped several times in recent years to fix manufacturing flaws.
“Our team has worked methodically to restart factory operations in the Pacific Northwest. We have now resumed 737 production in our Renton factory, with our Everett (Washington) programs on plan to follow in the days ahead," the company said in a statement.
Boeing builds its 777 and 767 jets in Everett, north of Seattle.
Separately, the company said it took orders for 49 planes in November but lost an order by U.K. carrier TUI for 14 Max jets. It delivered 13 planes, down from 56 a year earlier.
Ever since a panel called a door plug blew off a Max operated by Alaska Airlines in January, the Federal Aviation Administration has capped Boeing’s production of Max jets to 38 per month. Boeing hopes to convince regulators that it has corrected quality and safety issues and can raise that number to 56 planes per month.
Boeing has been losing money since 2019, after two Max jets crashed, killing 346 people. It needs the cash it earns from delivering new planes to begin digging out of a deep financial hole.
New CEO Kelly Ortberg has announced plans to lay off about 17,000 workers and sell new stock to raise cash and prevent the company’s credit rating from sliding into junk status.
FILE - The Boeing logo is displayed at the company's factory Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
ROME (AP) — Charles De Ketelaere scored late and Atalanta returned to the top of Serie A with a 3-2 win over Empoli in the club’s record-extending 11th consecutive league victory.
De Ketelaere scored two goals on Sunday and African player of the year Ademola Lookman grabbed the other as Atalanta restored its two-point advantage over Napoli, which had put the home team under pressure with a 2-1 win over Genoa the day before.
Empoli forward Lorenzo Colombo stunned the hosts with the opener in the 13th minute after a quick throw in caught the Atalanta defense off guard.
Atalanta suffered another blow minutes later when Mateo Retegui had to go off with what looked like a left thigh injury. Nicolo Zaniolo went on for the Italy forward and was booked almost straight away.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s side showed no alarm, however, and De Ketelaere equalized with a diving header inside the left post in the 34th.
Lookman then scored his ninth league goal of the season just before the interval after Zaniolo laid off a cross from De Ketelaere.
Sebastiano Esposito pulled one back with a penalty awarded after a VAR check for an innocuous-looking challenge, but De Ketelaere sent the home fans wild in the 86th minute when he fired inside the right post from the edge of the penalty box despite facing three defenders.
Atalanta won the Europa League last season but has never won Serie A. It achieved its highest finish of third place three times under Gasperini.
Juventus ended a run of four straight draws in the league with a hard-fought 2-1 win at relegation-threatened Monza.
Nicolás González scored what proved to be the winner from close range in the 39th minute after Samuele Birindelli had canceled out Weston McKennie's opener for the visitors.
While Juve remains the only unbeaten team in the league, another draw would have lost it further ground on the leading teams. Juventus has drawn 10 of its 17 games so far and remains nine points off the pace.
Monza dropped to the bottom after its 10th game in a row without a win.
Paulo Dybala scored twice and set up another goal to get Roma back on track with a comfortable 5-0 win over Parma.
The Argentine playmaker scored an early penalty and pounced on a rebound from Alexis Saelemaekers’ initial shot early in the second half to steer Roma to just its fifth league win of the season.
Saelemaekers scored with a volley after Dybala’s opener, and Leandro Paredes added another penalty in the 74th, awarded after Saelemaekers was shouldered off the ball.
Dybala set up Artem Dovbyk to complete the scoring late.
Roma looked to have finally clicked under Claudio Ranieri, the team’s third coach of the season, when it managed back-to-back wins over Lecce and Sporting Braga in the league and Europa League. But it lost last weekend at promoted Como 2-0.
Also Sunday, Venezia defeated Cagliari 2-1 thanks to Marin Šverko's persistence. The Croatian defender kept going despite the attention of a handful of Cagliari defenders to score what proved to be the winner. It lifted Venezia off the bottom, three points above Monza.
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Juventus' Weston McKennie, centre, celebrates after scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Serie A soccer match between AC Monza and Juventus at U-Power Stadium in Monza, Italy, Sunday Dec. 22 , 2024. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)
Juventus' Francisco Conceicao looks at the ball during the Serie A soccer match between AC Monza and Juventus at U-Power Stadium in Monza, Italy, Sunday Dec. 22 , 2024. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)
Monza's Samuele Birindelli celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the Serie A soccer match between AC Monza and Juventus at U-Power Stadium in Monza, Italy, Sunday Dec. 22 , 2024. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)
Juventus' Weston McKennie, right, celebrates after scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Serie A soccer match between AC Monza and Juventus at U-Power Stadium in Monza, Italy, Sunday Dec. 22 , 2024. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)
Atalanta's Charles De Ketelaere, centre, celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and Empoli at Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 22 , 2024. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Atalanta's Charles De Ketelaere celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and Empoli at Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 22 , 2024. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Atalanta's Charles De Ketelaere, right, fights for the ball with Empoli's Giuseppe Pezzella during the Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and Empoli at Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Atalanta's Charles De Ketelaere, second from right, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's third goal during the Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and Empoli at Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Atalanta's Charles De Ketelaere celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and Empoli at Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Roma's Paulo Dybala celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Roma and Parma at Rome's Olympic stadium, Sunday Dec. 22, 2024. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)
Roma's Paulo Dybala scores his side's opening goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Roma and Parma at Rome's Olympic stadium, Sunday Dec. 22, 2024. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)
Parma's Woyo Coulibaly, right, takes on Roma's Paulo Dybala during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Roma and Parma at Rome's Olympic stadium, Sunday Dec. 22, 2024. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)
Roma's Paulo Dybala celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Roma and Parma at Rome's Olympic stadium, Sunday Dec. 22, 2024. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)
Roma's Paulo Dybala, center, celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Roma and Parma at Rome's Olympic stadium, Sunday Dec. 22, 2024. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)
Roma's Paulo Dybala, right, celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Roma and Parma at Rome's Olympic stadium, Sunday Dec. 22, 2024. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)
