Boeing increases its deliveries by more than 6% year-on-year: the American aircraft manufacturer delivered 524 planes in the plane's first ten months

The American aircraft manufacturer Boeing delivered 524 commercial aircraft over the first ten months of the year, an increase of 6.29% year-on-year, it announced on Tuesday. In the month of October alone, the aircraft manufacturer delivered 49 aircraft, including 32 examples of the single-aisle 737 MAX, its best-selling aircraft. A year ago, it had delivered 53 planes in total, including 39 copies of the 737 MAX.

The American companies Southwest Airlines and United Airlines were the best off with 737 MAXs, receiving nine and eight copies respectively. Boeing also delivered eleven 787 Dreamliners, two 777 freighters, three 767s and one 737 NG in October. Since the start of the year, the giant from Seattle (northwest) has delivered 395 copies of the 737 MAX.

During the presentation of the third quarter results on October 27, CEO Kelly Ortberg specified that the production rate of 52 units of the 737 MAX per month would not be reached before the second half of 2027. He justified this by a lack of wings, which did not allow the current rate of 47 units to be properly "stabilized". As a result, deliveries of this bestseller should be “a little below the target of 500” copies in 2026.

5% of positions eliminated in commercial aviation In this context, the president of Boeing Commercial Aviation (BCA) announced on Monday the elimination of around 5% of positions in this branch which employed, at the end of 2025, nearly 51,000 people. Furthermore, Boeing announced on Wednesday that it had received orders in October for 165 aircraft (identical gross and net of cancellations and conversions), including 140 examples of the 737 MAX for the Irish lessor Avolon.

Fifteen 787 Dreamliners also found buyers in October. Since the start of the year, it has received 828 gross orders and 851 orders net of various cancellations and conversions. A year earlier, it had received 847 net orders in the first ten months.

At the end of October 2026, the order book totaled 6,979 commercial aircraft, the equivalent of more than $612 billion. The 737 family alone had 4.

654 devices on order.

Machine-translated from French