Boeing announced that in the last month it returned to have more orders than cancellations and outperformed Airbus, in addition to securing orders that it had considered canceled for accounting reasons.
In February, Boeing closed 82 new orders, recovered 16 orders deemed canceled, and recorded 51 cancellations. The breakdown of new orders includes 39 737 MAXs: 25 from United and 14 from unidentified buyers. The specific MAX balance also showed a positive balance for the first time in a long time: the 39 orders exceeded the 32 cancellations.
The 747 won a new order in VIP configuration, although it does not extend the life of the Queen’s assembly line, according to the company. Also included are 27 KC-46As, built from the fuselage of the 767-400, modified for multipurpose transport and in-flight refueling.
The new orders include 11 777Xs from Singapore Airlines but as part of an agreement that allowed the airline to cancel its previous order for 14 787-10 while allowing its deliveries to be postponed beyond 2025-2026.
Speaking of deliveries, Boeing delivered 22 aircraft in February: 18 737 MAXs, a P-8 Poseidon for the US Navy and three wide-body aircraft: 2 KC-46As and a 777-300 to Aeroflot.
In February, Airbus received 11 orders: (1 A330-200 to be transformed into MRTT and 10 to 320neo) and made 32 deliveries: 2 A220, 29 A320 (2 ceo – 27 neo) and one A350.
