Aerospace firm Boeing doesn’t expect to reach production of 42 737 MAX jets a month until early 2025, about six months later than originally planned.

Boeing’s production of its best-selling jets has come to a screeching halt as thousands of workers at its US West Coast factories have gone on strike.

Boeing's U.S. West Coast factory workers walked off the job on Friday after overwhelmingly rejecting a contract deal, halting production of the planemaker's strongest-selling model and sending shares down over 2%.