Boeing Found Now Seats Supplier For 737

Boeing is now going buy seats for its jets, 737, instead of manufacturing them itself, as announced on Monday.

Boeing has managed to find a seat supplier for its bestselling aircraft, the 737 and is no longer going to manufacturing the interior for the jet itself, it said on Monday. The aircrafts manufacturer is good in building engine. It is planning to stick to this only. This move will raise competition between seat makers such as B/E Aerospace and Zodiac Aerospace.

Boeing Co. is going to reveal the latest seat designs for its economy class at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, which is going to take place in Hamburg. The airplane maker is now directly planning to buy seats from its supplier, LIFT by EnCore, rather than building them itself, thanks to the agreement between these two signed on Tuesday at the Expo.

LIFT is happy to collaborate up with Boeing and is hoping to deliver the best and most compatible product possible for the company’s commercial airplanes that promise reliability and comfort simultaneously. The seat supplier is known for making it on time for all of its orders and hopes to keep up to its reputation. It has to make the delivery of it seat, LIFT, by the mid of next year which has been specifically designed for the aerospace giant’s Sky interior.

The aerospace company has approved 11 suppliers for economy class, LIFT being the first, and for now, the only one that is selling to the company directly for its 737 and 737 MAX. The other suppliers sell to airlines, which is not unknown or a new process and has been in the market for a while, enabling air-traveling companies to personalize their cabins as much as they please. This strategy will even help Boeing save time in production and deal with its clients when they want interior customizations.

The seat supplier, Zodiac, has been known to miss deadlines in the past which led to aerospace companies getting late in making the deliveries of their products. This is an indication that this cycle can sometimes prove to be fatal for the business, being dependent on other organizations. LIFT seats that will be installed in Boeing’s 737 is going to be 45.46cm, which is fairly wide made out of lightweight materials. It will have a headrest, holders, tablets, electronics, cushions and even power outlets.

Boeing has already warned seats suppliers that they cannot disappoint it with deliveries and will have to make it on time one way or another; it said that it was not satisfied with their performance in the market.