May 29 (Reuters) -

Boeing ( BA ) aims to increase production of its

best-selling 737 MAX jets to 42 aircraft per month in the next

few months and to boost output to 47 a month in early 2026,

Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg said on Thursday.

The U.S. planemaker's share prices jumped 5% after Ortberg

said at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions conference that he

hoped to have production at 47 a month by the end of 2025. A few

minutes later, he corrected his comments, saying that he expects

the company to be getting ready to increase production to

47/month by the end of the year, not reach that production

rate.

Boeing ( BA ) is trying to stabilize production at 38/month, where

it was capped by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in

2024 after a midair accident put the planemaker's safety and

production quality program under new scrutiny.

Ortberg also said that Chinese airlines are set to resume

taking deliveries of Boeing ( BA ) aircraft in June. China had stopped

taking deliveries in April in retaliation to tariffs imposed by

President Donald Trump.

(Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)