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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Boeing hopes to find new buyers for up to 50 planes returned by China

Several Boeing 737 Max parked up on the tarmac at the company's manufacturing headquarters in the US
The Boeing 737 Max is the company’s bestselling airliner. Photograph: Stephen Brashear/AP

Boeing will try to divert as many as 50 planes ordered by Chinese airlines to customers elsewhere after steep tariffs prompted by Donald Trump’s trade war.

The US manufacturer said it was confident it could find other buyers for the planes, but said it was lobbying Trump personally to resolve an “unfortunate situation”.

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