Troubled Boeing delivers only 25 of the profit-making 737 Max planes in January

The company has been scrambling to explain and strengthen its safety procedures after last month's mid-air cabin blowout

The US planemaker is having to periodically pause the 737 line as it focuses on quality in the wake of the serious blowout incident last month.

Boeing chief financial officer Brian West said the troubled company will move to a steady 737 production rate of 38 aircraft per month in the second half of 2024 after slowing the line following last month's mid-air cabin blowout on a 737 Max 9. 

Previously, Boeing said it was "cycling" at a rate of 38 narrow-body 737s a month, but Mr West said at an investor conference that the planemaker is having to periodically pause the line as it focuses on quality in the wake of the incident.