NEW YORK: Boeing said yesterday that it ended 2013 setting company records for deliveries and unfilled orders for commercial aircraft as it ramps up production to meet demand.
Boeing said it delivered 648 commercial aeroplanes last year and its backlog of orders stood at 5,080, a new high in the company’s history. After booking a record 1,531 gross commercial orders, Boeing ended the year with 1,355 net commercial orders.
“With solid execution on our numerous production rate increases, the Boeing team performed extremely well in 2013,” Ray Conner, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and Chief Executive, said. According to Boeing, three programmes set records for deliveries in a single year. The company delivered 440 of the latest model of its popular 737 medium-haul jetliner, the Next-Generation 737. Customers also received 98 long-haul 777s and 65 new 787 Dreamliners. AFP
