Boeing is restarting production for its 737 Max line for the first time since the company's machinists went on strike for seven weeks in September. 

According to the Associated Press, 737 Max production resumed at the planemaker's Renton, Washington plant on December 6, with Boeing planning to do the same at its Everett, Washington facility sometime in the days to come. Boeing was previously forced to shut down its Seattle-area factories when its machinists went on strike on September 13. The machinist union and Boeing agreed to a new collective bargaining deal on November 5, although it's taken weeks for the company to spin its factories back up to full operations.

With production halted during the strike, Boeing was only able to deliver 14 commercial planes in October 2024, followed by 13 in the following month, marking its lowest monthly totals since the pandemic slowed manufacturing to a crawl in November 2020.

The company also has plans to cut 17,000 jobs across the U.S., including nearly 2,200 in the state of Washington, with CEO Kelly Ortberg telling employees in October that Boeing needs to align its staffing with its "financial reality."