BERLIN, June 4 (Reuters) - Boeing's ( BA ) board is

prepared to make decisions as the planemaker's Chief Executive

David Calhoun is set to step down at the end of the year, he

told Reuters on Wednesday, adding that the decision on his

successor is up to the board.

"The board is prepared to make their decisions, they have

time to be able to make them," Calhoun said on the sidelines of

an aviation conference in Berlin, adding that he is committed to

getting the company through its recovery.

(Reporting by Joanna Plucinska, editing by Thomas Seythal)