WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Boeing ( BA ) CEO Kelly

Ortberg will testify on April 2 before the U.S. Senate Commerce

Committee, the panel's chair, Republican Senator Ted Cruz, said

on Friday.

The hearing will examine the steps taken at Boeing ( BA ) to

address its production and safety issues following an Alaska

Airlines Flight 1282 incident last year and a Federal

Aviation Administration safety review, Cruz said in a statement.

"Given Boeing's ( BA ) past missteps and problems, the flying

public deserves to hear what changes are being made to

rehabilitate the company's tarnished reputation," Cruz said.

The U.S. planemaker's safety and manufacturing procedures

have been under increased scrutiny after a series of crises

involving safety, including when a door panel flew off a new

Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 in mid-air last year.

Boeing ( BA ) has a production cap of 38 jets a month, imposed by

the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration last year after the

Alaska Airlines plane incident.

Boeing ( BA ) said on Tuesday that it had delivered 45

airplanes in January, up from 30 deliveries the previous month

and the most deliveries in a month for the U.S. planemaker since

2023.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy

said on Thursday

he had asked Boeing's ( BA ) CEO to come to Washington, D.C., "as

soon as possible" to discuss quality and safety issues at the

company.

Duffy has said the federal government needed to make

sure the company was implementing its safety plan.