By Eric M. Johnson
SEATTLE, June 8 (Reuters) – Boeing Co BA.N mentioned on Tuesday it delivered 10 737 MAX jets in Could in contrast with 4 a month earlier, because the U.S. planemaker works previous {an electrical} challenge that lower off a key supply of money earlier this yr.
Chicago-based Boeing mentioned it delivered a complete of 17 airplanes to carriers in Could, bringing the supply complete for the primary 5 months of the yr to 111 plane, the newest firm information launched on Tuesday reveals.
Along with the 10 737 MAX jets, Boeing mentioned it delivered two 787 Dreamliners to airways in Could. Deliveries of the jet had been briefly halted because the Federal Aviation Administration reviewed additional evaluation and information over production-related flaws.
Boeing’s jet deliveries are intently scrutinized by buyers as a result of they generate much-needed money for a corporation weathering fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and an earlier security disaster following two 737 MAX crashes.
Boeing additionally mentioned it handed over one 747-Eight to United Parcel Service Inc UPS.N, two 767s and one 777 to rival FedEx Corp FDX.N final month, and booked 73 gross orders.
The gross orders had been comprised of 61 737 MAX jets, together with a contemporary order of 34 from U.S. provider Southwest Airways Co LUV.N, and 5 787-9 Dreamliners and one 777 freighter for Germany’s Lufthansa LHAG.DE. Unnamed patrons ordered six further 777 freighters.
Bookings for U.S. airways are anticipated to rebound this yr on the again of speedy COVID-19 vaccinations and easing restrictions after the pandemic brought on one of many trade’s worst downturns.
Norwegian Air NORR.OL and Mexican airline Aeromexico canceled 48 737 MAX orders in Could.
Internet of cancellations and conversions, Boeing booked 20 plane orders final month and added 73 orders to its backlog that had beforehand been eliminated as a consequence of changes for stricter accounting requirements.
Gross orders for the primary 5 months had been 380 airplanes. Internet orders after accounting changes had been 177 plane for a similar interval, Boeing mentioned, up from 84 planes in April.
Boeing mentioned its official backlog grew to 4,121 plane orders in Could, from 4,045 in April.
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle; Modifying by Leslie Adler and Matthew Lewis)
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