Boeing Commercial Deliveries Rise: 787 Dreamliner Continues to Boost Total Results

The Wall Street Journal
By  Anna Prior
Updated April 3, 2014 12:27 p.m. ET


Boeing Co.'s first-quarter deliveries of commercial aircraft rose 18% from a year earlier as the plane maker's 787 Dreamliner continued to boost total results.

The company resumed deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner last May following a four-month hiatus. The Dreamliner had been grounded earlier last year because of problems with its lithium-ion batteries.

Boeing on Thursday reported 161 commercial deliveries for the latest quarter, compared with 137 deliveries a year earlier and 172 in the fourth quarter.

The first quarter included deliveries of 115 of Boeing's 737 next-generation planes, up from 102 a year earlier and 110 during the previous quarter.

Boeing delivered 18 of its Dreamliners in the latest period, up from just one a year earlier and down from 25 during the fourth quarter.

The company also said Thursday that it had booked orders for 86 new 737 planes, lifting net jet sales for the year, through March 31, to 235. All but six of the company's net jet orders are for 737s.

Boeing said 61 of the new orders came from Air Canada, while not identifying the other 25 in its weekly update of finalized deals. 

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