Boeing warns of delay in 737 airplane deliveries due to supplier glitch

By Julie Johnsson

Boeing Co. warned that deliveries of its cash-cow 737 jetliner will come in at the low end of its targeted range this year as a recently discovered supplier glitch crimps output. 

 

Narrowbody handovers will be near the bottom of Boeing’s goal of shipping 400 to 450 of the popular 737 jets this year, Chief Financial Officer Brian West said at an investor conference on Thursday. Profit margins for the…