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Seattle (Reuters) -Boeing heads to the Paris exhibition after Blockbaster, which includes reserving 303 new orders and deploying 38 new 737 Max Jets, a production price that has been working for more than a year. The company also delivered 45 aircraft last month, he said on Tuesday.
It was the sixth highest monthly order in Boeing’s history, according to the company.
The orders included the largest broad jet deal in Boeing history: Qatar Airways order for 130 787s and 30 777XS, plus options for another 50 of the aircraft over long distances.
Only 120 out of 787 were booked in May. The other 10 were ordered from Qatar in March, but the customer was not identified in the backward of Boeing’s orders before Tuesday.
Qatar’s order was announced among a series of high -profile business deals in the United States during a tour of the Middle East of President Donald Trump. A day earlier, Saudi Arabia Avileas ordered 20 737-8 Max Jets.
Another carrier of the Persian Gulf region, Etihad, said it plans to order 28 wide planes. This did not make a solid order, so the aircraft was not included in the total number of May.
The Canadian airline Westjet also ordered seven 737 Max Jets and also canceled two orders for 737s.
A total of three orders were canceled during the month, making 300 net new orders in May. His backlog has grown to 5 943 orders as of May 31.
Boeing delivered 45 aircraft a month, the fifth consecutive month of 40 or more deliveries. The total amount was almost twice as many supplies than the 24 aircraft that the company handed over to the customers in the same month one year earlier.
Wall Street closely monitors airplane deliveries as plans manufacturers can collect the bigger part of their payment when they hand over to customers.
The company has handed over over 31 737 Max Jets, including seven of United Airlines and four Alaska Airlines, and seven 787, including three to Qatar Airways from earlier orders.
It also delivered five 777 loads, one 767 cargo and one 737 ng to be turned into the P-8 Poseidon for the US Navy.
None of the deliveries were on Chinese airlines that stopped picking up new Boeing planes in April while the two sides collided with tariffs. China eliminated the ban after Washington and Beijing agreed to temporarily reduce rates. New 737 Max landed in China on Monday, according to flight tracking, the first arrived after the ban was removed.
So far, in 2025, Boeing has delivered 220 aircraft: 164 737 maximum, three 737 NGS for conversion in P-8S, 28 787s, 16 777s and nine 767s.
The European rival Airbus has delivered 243 aircraft so far this year, including 51 deliveries in May. Airbus did not announce new orders last month, but is expected to announce several deals during the Paris exhibition, which begins on Monday.