Aircraft
Boeing Gets Boost from Improving Order, Delivery Performance
The year-to-date net order count turned positive for Boeing in February while 2021 deliveries have risen to 48.
Boeing delivered three 737 Maxes to United Airlines in February. (Photo: Barry Ambrose)
Boeing delivered three 737 Maxes to United Airlines in February. (Photo: Barry Ambrose)

Boeing’s February order and delivery numbers have brought a measure of recovery for the company following a long period of depressed performance thanks to the Covid pandemic and the worldwide grounding of the 737 Max in March 2019. Boeing’s year-to-date net order total turned positive as the company reported Tuesday that its 2021 order count after cancellations and conversions stood at 29 airplanes by the end of February. After collecting just a single order for four 747-8s from Atlas Air in January, Boeing saw its gross order total increase to 86 during February, led by a deal for twenty-five 737 Maxes from United Airlines.