Boeing is on track for the most aircraft deliveries in a year since 2018

Boeing It delivered 55 aircraft to customers last month, putting it on track to achieve fulfillment Best year Since 2018, with its production stable and its executives looking to increase production rates of its 737 MAX cash aircraft.

Boeing said on Tuesday that 40 of the planes delivered were 737 MAX, and customers included European budget airline Ryanair, which received 10, as well as… Southwest Airlines, United Airlines,South China Leasing Company Aercap.

In the first nine months of 2025, Boeing delivered 440 planes, compared with 568 planes in the same period in 2018, before two fatal crashes involving 737 MAX planes within five months of each other turned the company upside down.

Rival Airbus has announced 507 aircraft have been delivered to customers so far this year.

CEO of Boeing Kelly Ortberg The manufacturer expects 737 MAX production rates to reach 42 per month by the end of the year, it said last month, up from the 38 per month cap set by the Federal Aviation Administration after a near-catastrophic door seal explosion on a flight in January 2024.

“I think we’re completely on board,” Ortberg said regarding the approval process with the FAA at a Morgan Stanley investor conference in September. “We have to stabilize that final scale. And then we’re definitely still planning to produce at 42 per month by the end of the year.”

Boeing on Tuesday also announced net orders for 48 aircraft in September, or 96 total sales before adjustments, including 64 787 Dreamliners, 50 for Turkish Airlines, and 30 737s for Norwegian Air.