Published its latest market outlook in 2015, which predicted that the size of China's domestic air travel market would jump to the top spot globally and that the country's commercial airplane fleet would nearly triple its current number by 2034.In December 2016, Sweden's Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its 2015 ranking of the world's 100 strongest military companies, and Boeing still maintained its position as the world's second largest weapons producer. [1] On April 13, 2017, the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight in Seattle.The 737 MAX program reached a new milestone on time, thus beginning a full-scale test-flight program for certification and delivery[2].
In October 2018 and March 2019, fatal air crashes occurred on Boeing 737 MAX-type airliners of Indonesia's Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines. The model has been grounded or banned worldwide due to widespread questions about its safety. [3][4] On June 2, 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) disclosed new problems with Boeing aircraft, stating that more than 300 are facing grounding