Boeing ended 2024 with 30 commercial aircraft delivered in December. In the year, there were 348 jets or 180 fewer than in 2023.
After dealing with a long strike at the Everett and Renton plants, the planemaker resumed production in December, albeit at a slow pace.
Even so, there was a resumption of deliveries of the 737 MAX, which went from nine aircraft in November to 17 jets in December. There were also deliveries of a 767F freighter and a P-8A Poseidon.
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The 787 Dreamliner family, which was not affected by the grounding, had nine aircraft delivered (six 787-9s and three 787-10s).
In addition, Boeing found a customer for a 777-300ER that had been stored in Victorville, California, since March 2022. The aircraft was delivered to Ethiopian Airlines, but did not receive its paint job.
737 MAX had 260 deliveries in 2024
As expected, the commercial jet families had a year of sharp decline in deliveries. The company’s workhorse, the 737 MAX, had only 260 aircraft delivered, 127 fewer than in 2023 (-32.8%).
The 787 Dreamliner family reached 51 jets, a drop of 30% (73 aircraft delivered in 2023). Only one 787-8 was delivered to a customer, compared to ten the year before.
Among the freighters, ten 767-300Fs and 13 777Fs were delivered, practically half of the total for 2023.
The military programs KC-46 and P-8 were also no better. Only 13 planes were delivered, compared to 23 two years ago.
777-300ER returns to delivery
With no deliveries since April 2022, when it sent three aircraft to Thai Airways, Boeing managed to negotiate a 777-300ER manufactured in 2020 and which had been in the desert of Victorville, California, since March 2022.
The aircraft should have been delivered to China Southern Airlines, with the registration B-20E7. With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 777, even with the paint job, was overlooked by the carrier.
Boeing then sold it to lessor Altavair AirFinance, which leased it to Ethiopian Airlines. The jet left Victorville on December 10 and entered service two days later with the registration ET-BGG and still displaying parts of the China Southern livery.
