Boeing delivers 57 aircraft in September, its highest monthly total this year
Boeing handed over 57 commercial aircraft in September, its strongest month of the year so far, with the 737 Max accounting for 43 of them. Deliveries for the first nine months reached 475 jets, eight percent more than a year earlier.
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Boeing delivered 57 commercial aircraft in September, the most in any month this year, according to the company's figures. That is up from 51 in August and compares with 55 in September of last year.
The 737 Max made up the largest share, at 43 aircraft. The rest were eight 787s, two 777 freighters and four 767s. Three of the 767s are to be converted into KC-46 tankers by Boeing's defence division.
Boeing delivered 475 jets in the first nine months of the year, eight percent more than in the same period a year earlier. The total includes 363 737 Max aircraft, a record for the programme in the first nine months of any year.
Boeing's official order backlog grew from 6,156 aircraft at the end of August to 6,371 at the end of September.
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- aerotelegraph.comBoeing steigert Auslieferungen im September auf Jahreshöchststand