WSJ News Exclusive | Boeing Faces Longer Wait to Resume MAX Deliveries in China

BEIJING—Boeing’s long-awaited supply resumption of its 737 MAX jets to China faces recent delays after the Alaska Airlines incident, as the airplane maker was poised to learn from the thaw in U.S.-China relations.

China Southern Airlines, one in every of a number of Chinese carriers with undelivered MAX jets, has been readying to obtain Boeing’s planes as early as January, individuals accustomed to the matter mentioned. Now the airline is planning to conduct extra security inspections on these plane following the incident, the individuals mentioned, although the jets to be delivered aren’t the identical variant as Alaska’s MAX 9.