Boeing Sold Just Three Passenger Jets In The Past Month

Boeing said it sold just 14 new jets in the past month, with most of those coming as freighter sales.

Boeing’s sales have fallen sharply in the wake of the Alaska Air incident, as even airlines eager to expand their fleets hold off on purchases while Boeing works through a myriad of problems. I Photo: The Boeing Company Facebook

One of those sales was to replace the plane that saw a door plug blow out mid-flight just over six months ago, Chris Isidore reported for CNN.

It sold just three 737 Max jets, two to an unidentified customer and one to Alaska Airlines to replace the plane that had a door plug blow out on a January 5 flight as it approached 16,000 feet.

The other 11 jets were 777 freighters. It marked one of its best sales months of the year, but it still ended the first half of 2024 with gross sales down 70% from a year ago. The 14 gross sales are up from the only four sold in May and seven in April.

However, it’s down 95% from the 304 gross orders it took in June of 2023.

Boeing’s sales have fallen sharply in the wake of the Alaska Air incident, as even airlines eager to expand their fleets hold off on purchases while Boeing works through a myriad of problems.

It had come into the year with a record sales month in December, but sales ground to a virtual halt following the Alaska Air incident. The one strong sales month it reported was in March when it sold 113 planes.

Most of that came from an order of 85 jets from American Airlines.

However, that order was for a longer version of the 737 Max, which the Federal Aviation Administration has not even certified to carry passengers. That certification, originally expected this year, has been pushed back to at least 2025 by the problems brought to light by the Alaska Air incident.