Boeing 737 plane fuselages are pictured on the firm’s Renton manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, on April 15, 2025.
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Boeing‘s gross orders for brand new airplanes hit 303 final month, probably the most since December 2023, as the corporate makes strides in opposition to its rival Airbus and works to stabilize manufacturing of its bestselling jets close to the Federal Aviation Administration limit.
The producer handed over 45 plane in Could, in keeping with the month earlier than however greater than the 24 it delivered a yr earlier.
This yr by way of Could, Boeing delivered 220 airplanes to prospects, whereas Airbus delivered 243 planes. Deliveries are key to Boeing and Airbus producing money because the bulk of an airplane’s value is paid when the jet is handed over.
Web of cancellations and conversions, Boeing has logged orders for 512 planes this yr, in contrast with 215 for Airbus. Extra orders might be signed subsequent week on the Paris Air Present — a commerce occasion the place corporations get an opportunity to showcase new technology and plane, and strike offers.
The FAA capped Boeing’s 737 Max manufacturing at 38 a month final yr after a door plug blew out of a virtually new Max 9 because it climbed out of Portland, Oregon. Whereas nobody was severely injured within the accident, the brand new security disaster hit Boeing’s output.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg stated the corporate is planning to stabilize its manufacturing line on the present fee round 38 a month after which may search permission from the FAA to boost that fee.
Web of cancellations, Boeing logged 345 orders final month, 146 of them for 737 Maxes and 157 for 787 Dreamliners and yet-to-be-certified 777X planes in an enormous wide-body order from Qatar Airways. The deal was signed throughout President Donald Trump‘s go to to Doha, Qatar, final month.
Ortberg stated late final month that Boeing expects to resume deliveries of planes to Chinese airlines this month after a pause through the commerce battle between the Trump administration and Beijing.
Together with accounting changes, Boeing has obtained 606 web orders this yr, and its backlog was 5,943 on the finish of Could.