Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg announced China’s commitment to buy 300 aircraft before he introduced the visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Everett on Wednesday. That’s the largest jet order in history.
What was not announced from the stage is that Boeing had signed deals to put a 737 jet-completion and delivery center in China. The completion center will be jointly run with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC)
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The deal is worth a $38 billion to Boeing in the short term. What the long term costs will be to the company are impossible to know. There’s also details on this story at this link.