Flight Friday: Boeing Aims For 650 Deliveries Amid Production Surge

Boeing 737 MAX 8

Boeing 737-8

Credit: Boeing

Boeing started 2025 without stating a delivery goal figure, as it had just emerged from a 50+ day strike, and was still under an FAA rate cap, and was progressing through a 737 MAX production ramp up that began in December 2024.

For Boeing delivery numbers, 2018 was its benchmark year, with over 800 deliveries.

In 2019, the company’s delivery numbers dropped due to the MAX groundings, and the eventual pausing of production. 

 

 

Boeing has delivered almost 540 aircraft by the end of November 2025. Back in 2018, Boeing delivered over 100 aircraft that December.

Therefore, Boeing still has the outside possibility of hitting almost 650 deliveries by the end of the year if it hits a December high.

 

 

Daniel Williams

Based in the UK, Daniel is Director of Fleet Data Services for Aviation Week Network. Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2017, Daniel held a number of industry positions analyzing fleet data.

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