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    Boeing 4Q commercial aircraft deliveries up 10 pct

    By The Associated Press | Associated Press – Thu, Jan 5, 2012

    NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing's commercial aircraft deliveries rose 10 percent in the last three months of 2011, the company said Thursday, driven by widespread growth among its models and two deliveries of the highly anticipated 787.

    The Chicago company delivered 128 commercial airplanes in the fourth quarter, compared with 116 in the same period a year earlier. In the third quarter, it delivered 127 commercial planes, including its first 787 to Japanese airline All Nippon Airways.

    Fourth-quarter results included two deliveries of the 787, which Boeing calls the Dreamliner. They also included nine deliveries of the 747, none of which were delivered in last year's fourth quarter; six 767 deliveries, up from three a year ago; and 20 777s, compared with 18 deliveries a year earlier.

    The biggest chunk of the fourth-quarter tally was 91 deliveries of its 737 model, down slightly from 95 in the fourth quarter of 2010. Boeing has announced plans to build a new version of this best-selling model with a new engine, which it calls the 737 max.

    It's Boeing's response to rival Airbus, which plans to build a more fuel-efficient version of its popular plane, the A320 neo. Southwest Airlines Co. will be the first recipient of Boeing's new plane, representing the biggest firm order in the company's history by number of planes — 208 — and by list-price value, at nearly $19 billion.

    For all of 2011, Boeing said deliveries rose 3 percent to 477 from 462 the year before. Total orders for Boeing commercial aircraft surged 52 percent to 805 last year, after 116 cancellations. Customers ordered 530 Boeing aircraft in 2010.

    Boeing also revealed Thursday that it had received an order for 27 planes from an unidentified customer — 2 of the 767s and 25 of the 787s. The 787 order pushed Boeing's order book into the black following cancellations earlier in the year. Boeing ended 2010 with 13 net orders for the 787.

    Shares of Boeing Co. slipped 79 cents to $73.54 in afternoon trading.

     

    2 comments

    • Woah D
      Woah D  •  4 mths ago
      Great! Announce the close of the Kansas plant and then announce this. How many DOMESTIC jobs in the USA does this get us Boeing? Do us a service and make that part of your celebratory announcements in the future.
    • Tyrone
      Tyrone  •  Kaiserslautern, Germany  •  4 mths ago
      Great news from B. I have high hopes that the intercontinental in the long run will be a success. Will be interesting to see the MAX when it comes online. Only bad thing I can say about B, is that I really think it was a very bad idea to terminate the 757 product. If there is a market for the 321, then there is most certainly a market for the 757 still. I really think they should bring it back under the MAX project and increase the range. It´s a perfect transatlantic plane, however an increase in range would help things out, especially when it comes to westbound traffic. Anyway congratulations. Keep up the good work.
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