Boeing China plant to deliver 100 planes a year

SHANGHAI: Boeing Co’s new 737 completion plant in China will aim to deliver 100 planes a year, with the first expected to take place in 2018, China’s official Xinhua news agency said.

Construction on the factory, which Boeing will operate with Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd, will begin at the end of March, Xinhua reported citing the industrial aviation park in the coastal city of Zhoushan where the plant will be located.