The US aircraft manufacturer Boeing will soon be able to deliver its long-haul aircraft 787 Dreamliner again after a break of more than a year due to manufacturing defects.

"Boeing has made all necessary changes to ensure the 787 Dreamliner meets all certification standards," the US Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday.

The delivery of the aircraft could therefore begin again "in the coming days".

The FAA will inspect each individual aircraft before issuing a certificate of airworthiness, the agency said.

When asked, Boeing merely stated that it wanted to continue to work “transparently” with the FAA and the aircraft manufacturer’s customers in order to resume deliveries.

In late summer 2020, Boeing discovered manufacturing defects on some Dreamliners, which led to further problems.

The delivery of the machines was therefore stopped between November 2020 and March 2021 and then again from the end of May 2021.

The US group had 120 Dreamliners in its inventory at the end of June and, according to its own statements, continued production at a "very low" rate.

Since its launch in 2004, Boeing has delivered just over 1,000 aircraft of this type.

The problems with the Dreamliner slowed down the aircraft manufacturer's recovery from the economic impact of the corona pandemic and the massive problems with the 737 MAX after two crashes of this type of aircraft in 2018 and 2019.

Airbus suffers from delivery bottlenecks

Meanwhile, Boeing competitor Airbus delivered significantly fewer machines in July than in the previous month after bottlenecks at suppliers.

The Dax group handed over 46 commercial jets to its customers in the past month after 60 in June, as announced on Monday evening in Toulouse.

Because suppliers can hardly keep up with their deliveries, Airbus boss Guillaume Faury cut his plans for 2022 at the end of July and only expects 700 deliveries instead of 720.

Meanwhile, the manufacturer won orders for 401 new machines in July, with nearly 300 machines going to China.

In return, Airbus booked cancellations of four jets.

Still included in the order book is a remaining order from Arab carrier Qatar Airways for 19 widebody A350s.

According to industry circles, the manufacturer has now terminated the contract with its major customer after months of public disputes about damage to the surface of several machines in the series.

Qatar Airways sued the world's largest aircraft manufacturer in London in December for damages due to the defects and publicly described them as a safety problem.

However, Airbus and the European aviation authority Easa judged the matter differently.

The manufacturer offered to repair the damage at its own expense, but Qatar Airways declined.