Boeing jet deliveries and orders rise from a year earlier

Boeing stated Tuesday that it delivered 32 business jetliners in January, a slight enchancment over a yr earlier regardless of the continuing halt in shipments of is 787 Dreamliner jet due to manufacturing issues. Many of the deliveries had been 737 Max jets together with seven despatched to Ryanair. A yr earlier it shipped 26 planes.

Deliveries are an vital supply of money for plane producers, and Boeing has been unable to ship any 787s since final Might due to flaws together with gaps between fuselage panels.

Boeing additionally stated that it took 75 web new orders final month, its twelfth straight month through which orders outnumbered cancellations. Orders have perked up as airways acquire confidence in recovering from the pandemic.

The corporate stated 55 of the orders had been for Max jets, together with 23 by American and 12 by Southwest – each beforehand introduced by the carriers.

Chicago-based Boeing Co. is coming off a $4.3 billion loss in 2021, most of it within the fourth quarter, when it took a $3.5 billion cost associated to the 787.