Boeing delivers 600 aircraft in 2025 outselling Airbus for the first time since 2018
January 14, 2026
Boeing has revealed its latest delivery figures for 2025. While the data shows that the company delivered fewer commercial aircraft than its rival, Airbus, the US company outsold the European planemaker for the year as a whole.
The data comes as Boeing regains its footing in the commercial aircraft arena after several years of incidents, quality control issues, regulatory oversight, and manufacturing caps that had all blighted the company’s reputation.
Boeing delivered 600 new commercial aircraft in 2025
Official data released by the company on 13 January showed that Boeing delivered exactly 600 new commercial aircraft to customers in 2025. This figure is up from the 348 delivered the year prior and is the company’s highest annual delivery total since 2018.
While the figure may be less than that recorded by Airbus (793), it marks a significant turnaround for the manufacturer that has been beset with production issues over the past three years.
While production continues to ramp up following these issues, Boeing has put in a remarkable performance for the year. Indeed, with demand for aircraft such as the company’s narrowbody Boeing 737 MAX family as well as its twin-aisle Boeing 787 Dreamliner, further accelerations are expected in 2026.
This is likely to be assisted by Boeing taking back control of major component supplier Spirit AeroSystems in December 2025, which is expected by analysts to bring extra synergies to the production lines and increase overall output in the forthcoming year.
Boeing deliveries in 2025 broken down
During 2025, Boeing delivered 447 new 737 MAX family aircraft, predominantly of the 737 MAX 8 variant. This equates to 37 per month on average, and up from 22 per month in 2024.
The MAX 7 and MAX 10 are yet to be certified, although Boeing says that this process should be completed by the end of 2026. The 737 MAX 8 has proved enormously popular with operators of the ubiquitous 737-800 as well as several that have switched away from allegiance to Airbus in the 180-200 seat arena, such as VietJet.
Elsewhere, twin-aisle aircraft continue to be delivered, although in smaller numbers. The company delivered 30 Boeing 767s and 35 Boeing 777s, both designs that are now getting quite long in the tooth and are being replaced in airline fleets by the 787 Dreamliner family members.
Evidence of this was seen on 13 January when Delta Air Lines placed an order for up to 60 787s to replace its ageing fleet of Boeing 767s. As for the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing delivered 88 examples in 2025, as the company ramped up production of the widebody jet at its production site located in Charleston (South Carolina).
| Program | 4th Quarter 2025 | Full Year 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 737 | 117 | 447 |
| 767 | 10 | 30 |
| 777 | 6 | 35 |
| 787 | 27 | 88 |
| Total | 160 | 600 |
With a total of 600 commercial jets delivered in 2025, the company accelerated production as the year closed out, with 160 aircraft delivered in the final quarter of the year and 63 in December 2025 alone, with 44 being 737 MAXs.
The speeding up of production will also ease Boeing’s order backlog and help to alleviate Boeing’s cash flow situation, as the bulk of an aircraft purchase price is paid upon delivery.
The company ended 2025 with 6,130 jets on its order books, up from 5,557 at the end of 2024. This figure breaks down as 4,869 737 MAX, 94 767, 681 777, and 1,076 for the 787.
Sales outpaced those of Airbus in 2025
Boeing ended 2025 by recording 1,173 new aircraft sales during the year. This surpasses that of Airbus by 284 jets, which recorded a net figure of 889 new aircraft orders for the year.
The Boeing figure is particularly significant as it more than doubles the number of new aircraft sold by the manufacturer in the previous year. The figure also indicates a regaining of confidence in the planemaker by the market, which, with soaring demand for global air travel, had been desperate for Boeing to stabilise itself.
Customers signed for 601 737 MAXs in 2025, up from 417 sold in 2024. Boeing also sold 15 767s (up from 23), 178 777s and 68 777X. Dreamliners notched up the most widebody orders for the company, with 311 commitments placed.
According to Investors’ Business Daily, Airbus had been expecting to be outsold by its US counterpart in 2025, given the support offered to the company by the Trump Administration.
In an interview in December 2025, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury predicted that the European jet maker would end the year behind its American counterpart. Boeing had received support from the US government, which helped its order book, Faury added.
During 2025, overseas visits by President Trump generated scores of new orders for Boeing jets, underpinning confidence in the company and solidifying its international customer base.
Substantial orders for new jets were placed by various airlines after presidential visits to such countries as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea.
Boeing’s order book highlights for 2025
In March 2025, Malaysia Airlines ordered 60 MAX aircraft, including the MAX 8 and the MAX 10. The same month, JAL placed orders for 17 MAX planes. Also in March,
Korean Air finalised a landmark order for up to 50 widebody aircraft, including 20 777-9s, 20 787-10s and options for 10 additional 787 Dreamliners. This order marked the airline’s largest deal with Boeing in its history. BOC Aviation, a leading aircraft lessor, ordered 50 737 MAX aircraft.
In May, China Airlines ordered up to 23 777X aircraft, while AviLease ordered up to 30 of the 737 MAX series. Later in May, Qatar Airways ordered up to 210 new widebody jets, including 130 787s, 30 777-9s and another 50 options across both types.
In July 2025, Gulf Air ordered 18 787s, while in August, Cathay Pacific ordered 14 more 777-9s. Then, in September, Canadian carrier WestJet ordered 67 MAX aircraft, the biggest aircraft purchase in the company’s history. Also in September, Uzbekistan Airways ordered 22 Dreamliners, while Turkish Airlines placed orders for 75 of the type.
In November 2025, Air Astana placed orders for 15 Dreamliners, while at the Dubai Airshow, Emirates committed to 64 more 777X aircraft, and Ethiopian Airlines said it would buy 11 more MAX planes. Also at the Airshow, flydubai committed to another 75 MAX aircraft, adding to its existing fleet.
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