Boeing Hits Milestone in 737 MAX Orders

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Boeing on Thursday released its latest report on airplane orders received — and canceled — through May 20, showing net orders of 366 planes so far this year.

To date, the aerospace giant has booked:

• 414 “gross” orders for various flavors of its 737 regional airliner
• four orders for the 777 airliner
• one 747 order
• one 787 order

As has been the case for months, Boeing continues to see gains exclusively in orders for its smaller, regional 737s. This past week, the company recorded orders for 75 such planes. Ten orders came from China Eastern Airlines, and 15 more from Nok Air in Thailand. The bulk of the new orders, however, 50, came from “unidentified customer(s).”

No new cancellations were reported. As a result, Boeing’s 420 gross orders for planes placed to date, minus the 54 cancellations last reported, results in a net gain of 366 planes to the company’s order book this year.

In related news, Boeing confirmed on Tuesday that its 737 MAX airplane program passed the 2,000 planes-ordered mark this week. It did so on the back of 30 orders from “unidentified customer(s)” cited in today’s order book update. With those orders under Boeing’s belt, it said on Tuesday that the 737 MAX had received a total of 2,010 orders since it first went on the market.

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Noted Boeing: “The 737 MAX has reached 2,000 orders faster than any other Boeing airplane in history.”

The 737 MAX now has 39 separate customers around the globe, anteing up $209 billion at list prices to own the plane, according to a Boeing press release. Customers with larger orders often pay less than list prices. Boeing says it has commitments from customers to buy more than 250 additional airplanes at some future time.

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