SEATTLE (Reuters) -Boeing said on Tuesday that Stephanie Pope was no longer the planemaker's chief operating officer as of Feb. 19, but she is continuing to serve as the head of its commercial airplanes business.
The company does not plan to fill the chief operating officer position, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly.
Pope was appointed to the newly created role of chief operating officer in December 2023, after then-CEO David Calhoun named her as his choice to succeed him.
After a mid-air panel blowout on a nearly new 737 MAX jet in January 2024, Pope was also named the head of Boeing (NYSE: BA ) Commercial Airplanes.
The accident put renewed focus on production quality problems in the division and contributed to Calhoun's exit from the company. In August, Kelly Ortberg became Boeing's new chief executive.
Avolon CEO Andy Cronin said this month the aircraft lessor, a major Boeing customer, was "really encouraged by what we are seeing" at the company after touring production facilities in Seattle in January.