The overall deficit getting bigger isn't necessarily a bad thing, said Dan Ikenson, director of the Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute.

Southern California Logistics Airport also provides plane storage, maintenance and technician training.

Investors and airline customers are waiting for information on when the Boeing 737 Max will be allowed to fly again.

Major airlines have decided to suspend use of the plane through the summer season.

As production of the 737 is cut back, could there be an opportunity for Boeing's competitors?

Boeing is still cranking out new 737 Max jets, even though airlines aren't taking delivery.

The Ethiopian government has published its preliminary report into the plane crash that killed all 157 people on board last month. It was the second crash involving a Boeing 737 Max in five months. The report found that the crew on…

Airlines aren't taking delivery of the grounded planes, but no orders have been formally canceled yet.

Boeing employs more than 60,000 workers at massive assembly plants, engineering centers and corporate offices in the Puget Sound region.

Despite the international grounding of the aircraft, a Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, has orders to fill.