Boeing 737 aircraft fuselages are pictured at the corporate’s Renton factory in Renton, Washington, on April 15, 2025.
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Boeing‘s gross orders for brand new airplanes hit 303 last month, essentially the most since December 2023, as the corporate makes strides against its rival Airbus and works to stabilize production of its bestselling jets near the Federal Aviation Administration limit.
The manufacturer handed over 45 aircraft in May, according to the month before but higher than the 24 it delivered a yr earlier.
This yr through May, Boeing delivered 220 airplanes to customers, while Airbus delivered 243 planes. Deliveries are key to Boeing and Airbus generating money for the reason that bulk of an airplane’s price is paid when the jet is handed over.
Net of cancellations and conversions, Boeing has logged orders for 512 planes this yr, compared with 215 for Airbus. More orders might be signed next week on the Paris Air Show —  a trade event where firms get a probability to showcase recent technology and aircraft, and strike deals.
The FAA capped Boeing’s 737 Max production at 38 a month last yr after a door plug blew out of a virtually recent Max 9 because it climbed out of Portland, Oregon. While nobody was seriously injured within the accident, the brand new safety crisis hit Boeing’s output.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said the corporate is planning to stabilize its production line at the present rate around 38 a month after which could seek permission from the FAA to lift that rate.
Net of cancellations, Boeing logged 345 orders last month, 146 of them for 737 Maxes and 157 for 787 Dreamliners and yet-to-be-certified 777X planes in a large wide-body order from Qatar Airways. The deal was signed during President Donald Trump’s visit to Doha, Qatar, last month.
Ortberg said late last month that Boeing expects to resume deliveries of planes to Chinese airlines this month after a pause in the course of the trade war between the Trump administration and Beijing.
Including accounting adjustments, Boeing has received 606 net orders this yr, and its backlog was 5,943 at the tip of May.
