Boeing Commercial Airplanes
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| 2025 | Projected deliveries of 1,784 aircraft, with the cumulative order total expected to reach 6,547. |
| 2025 | Boeing 737 MAX projected to reach 1,720 deliveries and 6,479 total orders. |
| 2025 | Delta Air Lines and Hawaiian Airlines plan to retire their Boeing 717s, which will mark the end of the line for the aircraft. |
| January 2025 | Boeing requested a time-limited exemption for the MAX 7 and MAX 10's stall management yaw damper (SMYD) system to allow time for certification to a higher design assurance level. |
| 2024 | Deliveries continued to grow, with 1,680 aircraft delivered and the cumulative order total reaching 6,445. |
| 2024 | Expected start of deliveries for the Boeing 737 MAX 7 and MAX 10 variants after several years of delays. |
| 2024 | Boeing 737 MAX projected to have 1,680 deliveries and 6,445 total orders. |
| December 2024 | Boeing announces layoffs of over 500 workers in California due to significant financial losses exceeding $6 billion in the third quarter, attributed to worker strikes and production delays. |
| December 2024 | QantasLink Boeing 717 (VH-YQW) made its final flight from Canberra to Brisbane (QF6216), marking the end of 717 operators outside the US. |
| December 29 2024 | Jeju Air Flight 2216, a Boeing 737-800, overshot the runway while performing a belly landing at Muan International Airport in South Korea, crashing into an embankment and resulting in 179 fatalities out of 181 passengers on board. This is the deadliest accident involving a Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. |
| November 2024 | One QantasLink Boeing 717 (VH-YQW) returned to service after the initial retirement. |
| October 2024 | The FAA issued an Airworthiness directive after discovering multiple cracks in a Boeing 717's wing, including a 7-inch crack potentially compromising structural integrity. |
| October 2024 | QantasLink initially retired their last Boeing 717 (VH-YQS) with a final flight from Sydney to Canberra. |
| July 2024 | Boeing CEO David Calhoun estimated the MAX 7 could be certified in the first half of 2025. |
| May 2024 | US authorities began investigating an incident on Southwest Airlines Flight 746 involving a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airliner, which experienced Dutch roll and reported damage to the rudder standby power control unit during a flight from Phoenix to Oakland. |
| April 2024 | Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour reported serious quality-control issues with the 787's fuselage, alleging potential mid-air structural failure risks. Salehpour claimed he was reprimanded after raising internal concerns, prompting an FAA investigation. Boeing formally rejected these allegations. |
| April 2024 | Sierra Nevada Corporation was awarded a contract to develop and build the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), purchasing five Boeing 747-8Is from Korean Air for conversion, with plans for a total of nine aircraft to replace the Boeing E-4 NAOC. |
| March 2024 | Asiana Airlines announced the retirement of its sole remaining 747-400, leaving Air China as the last scheduled passenger operator in Asia. |
| March 2024 | Stan Deal is replaced by Stephanie Pope, formerly head of Boeing Global Services division, as leader of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. |
| March 11 2024 | LATAM Airlines Flight 800 experienced a sudden drop in altitude, resulting in 50 injuries and 12 serious hospitalizations. The cause is still under investigation. |
| February 5 2024 | The NTSB released a preliminary report revealing that four key bolts securing the door plug were not installed on delivery to Alaska Airlines because Boeing had opened the door plug at its Renton factory to repair damaged rivets and failed to properly secure it afterwards. |
| January 2024 | Ongoing quality-control scrutiny continued for the 787 Dreamliner, with Boeing working to restore confidence in the aircraft's manufacturing process. |
| January 2024 | After the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 accident, the FAA halted any planned production expansion of the 737 MAX until more stringent quality control measures are implemented. |
| January 5 2024 | Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a Boeing 737 MAX 9, experienced an uncontrolled decompression shortly after takeoff from Portland International Airport when a door plug blew out. The plane returned safely to Portland with no fatalities, though personal belongings and cabin trim were sucked out of the aircraft. |
| January 5 2024 | The FAA ordered the grounding and inspection of 171 aircraft from the global 737 MAX 9 fleet with similar configuration to the incident aircraft, requiring corrective action if necessary. |
| 2023 | BGS achieves a record revenue performance, notably earning profits while Boeing's other two divisions operated at a loss, with a revenue split of 60% commercial and 40% military services. |
| 2023 | First 787s withdrawn from commercial service: two 10-year-old -8 models torn down by EirTrade Aviation for parts recycling. |
| 2023 | A retired Lion Air Boeing 747-412 was transformed into a steak restaurant in Bekasi, Indonesia, after sitting unused since 2018 with construction delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2023 | Boeing 737 MAX continues strong recovery, with deliveries rising to 1,420 aircraft and total orders reaching 6,203. |
| December 2023 | Boeing requested an additional exemption for the MAX 7 related to the engine anti-ice system problem. |
| August 2023 | Boeing discovered a problem with the engine anti-ice system affecting all MAX variants, where leaving the system running could potentially cause nacelle damage. |
| July 2023 | Boeing revealed 737 MAX sub-type orders breakdown: 2,751 MAX 8 (63%), 810 MAX 10 (19%), 344 MAX 200 (8%), 297 MAX 7 (7%), and 137 MAX 9 (3%). |
| May 2023 | Ryanair announces an order for 150 MAX 10s with an option to purchase an additional 150 aircraft. |
| April 2023 | Boeing announced the ecoDemonstrator Explorer program, with the first program testing international route planning and sustainable aviation fuel use on a 787-10, aiming to achieve a 10% fuel efficiency gain. |
| April 2023 | Boeing Commercial Airplanes reported comprehensive order and delivery data for its commercial jet airliners, showing a total of 21,131 orders, 19,565 deliveries, and 5,552 unfilled orders across multiple aircraft models. |
| March 10 2023 | The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the resumption of Boeing 787 Dreamliner deliveries after the previous quality-control issue. |
| February 2023 | A supplier analysis error was discovered related to the 787 forward pressure bulkhead, causing a temporary halt in Boeing 787 Dreamliner deliveries and resulting in a 5% drop in the company's share price. |
| January 2023 | Boeing announced a fourth production line for the 737 MAX would open at the Boeing Everett Factory in Everett, Washington. |
| January 31 2023 | The final Boeing 747-8 aircraft, a 747-8F freighter, was delivered to Atlas Air, marking the end of the 747 production line. |
| 2022 | Mahan Air's last 747-300M was leased by Emtrasur Cargo. |
| 2022 | Southwest Airlines announced it would take early delivery of MAX 8 aircraft to compensate for ongoing delays with the MAX 7. |
| 2022 | Boeing 737 MAX experiences significant recovery with deliveries reaching 1,033 aircraft and orders increasing to 5,320. |
| December 2022 | 1000th Boeing 737 MAX was delivered. |
| December 2022 | U.S. Congress agreed on a bill allowing Boeing to certify the MAX 7 and MAX 10 without EICAS, but requiring installation of a third angle-of-attack sensor and a switch to disable the stick shaker, with retrofitting required for all existing MAX aircraft within three years of MAX 10 certification. |
| December 6 2022 | The final Boeing 747, a 747-8F destined for Atlas Air, was rolled out, marking the end of over 50 years of 747 production. |
| November 2022 | Boeing announced expected delays to the certification of the MAX 7 and MAX 10, with projected certification dates of early 2023 and early 2024 respectively. |
| August 2022 | British Airways 747-400 G-BYGA's cockpit and partial upper deck were converted into an event space and flight simulator at Barton City Airport. |
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