Boeing resumes aircraft deliveries to China as trade tensions ease

A Boeing (NYSE:BA) 737 Max took off from Seattle, Washington, on Friday, marking its first leg of a journey across the Pacific to the U.S. aircraft giant’s delivery center in China as the company resumes its commercial shipments to the country amid easing trade tensions.

According to Flightradar24.com, the aircraft with the registration number N230BE landed at Kona Keahole Airport in Hawaii late Friday on its way to Boeing’s (NYSE:BA) completion center in Zhoushan, China, where the plane’s final delivery arrangements are set to take place.

In April, Boeing (NYSE:BA) repatriated planes registered with N230BE from its Zhoushan facility to Seattle after China ordered its carriers to refuse U.S.-manufactured jets in response to President Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs on Chinese goods.

The aircraft that left King County International Airport—Boeing Field, in Seattle on Friday was the first plane to return from Zhoushan, Reuters reported, citing a 737 MAX painted with Xiamen Airlines livery.

In May, Beijing removed a month-long ban placed on airlines from taking delivery of Boeing (BA)-made planes after the U.S. agreed to lower its 145% levies on most Chinese imports to 30% for 90 days.