Boeing airplane deliveries, orders jump in 2022

Boeing delivered 480 airplanes and won 774 net new orders after allowing for cancellations in 2022 after a strong December performance, the US planemaker said Tuesday. Last month, Boeing delivered 69 airplanes, including 53 737 MAX planes and 15 widebody airplanes and booked 203 new orders net of cancellations. Airbus had delivered 563 airplanes by the end of November, meaning the European group remains the world’s largest planemaker for the fourth year running. Boeing in all of 2021 delivered 340 planes and reported 479 net new orders. Boeing said its official backlog as of Dec. 31 rose to 4,578 airplanes including 3,628 737 MAX airplanes. About 80% of its deliveries in 2022 were for 737s. Boeing’s 2022 deliveries included 31 787 Dreamliners, including 10 handed over in December. The FAA in August approved the first 787 for delivery since 2021. Boeing halted deliveries in May 2021 after the FAA raised concerns about its proposed inspection method. Last month, President Joe Biden signed legislation that lifted a Dec. 27 deadline imposing a new safety standard for modern cockpit alerts for the MAX 7 and MAX 10 - two new versions of the US planemaker’s best-selling 737 MAX. Without action by Congress, the two new MAX variants would need modern cockpit alerting systems to be certified by the FAA, which Boeing had warned could jeopardize the futures of the airplanes. Boeing has more than 1,000 orders for the two MAX variants.<br/>