Boeing completed in October the delivery of 32 units of the Boeing 737 Max, its lowest monthly figure in almost a year. At the same time, it achieved the best order balance for an October in nearly three decades, closing with 165 net orders after cancellations were deducted.
Last month, the American aircraft manufacturer said it was postponing until 2027 its plans to increase the production rate of this model and acknowledged that it would not meet the delivery targets set for the end of the fiscal year.
The volume of new contracts was especially boosted by an order for 140 737 Max 10 aircraft—newly certified variant—placed by the leasing company Avolon, an operation that puts the total order backlog for this model at nearly 1,700 aircraft.
For the whole year, Boeing has accumulated 828 orders, that is, eight fewer than in the same period of the previous fiscal year, when it totaled 836.
As for total deliveries, the manufacturer managed to put 48 aircraft into service in October, five fewer than in the same month of 2025. Between January and October, the number of aircraft delivered rises to 524, which is 30 more than in the first ten months of the previous year.
Yesterday the company reported a 5% cut in the workforce assigned to the commercial aircraft division, a measure linked to delays in scaling up production that has left the group with an excess of staff in this area.
The purpose of this adjustment is to give the plants and the partners in the supply chain "additional time" to consolidate operational stability, as explained by the CEO of this segment, Stephanie Pope.