Shares in the Chicago company rose $1.97 to close at $353.09. The Middle Eastern carrier had announced its intention to the order the planes last month, during the Paris Air Show.īoeing is scheduled to report second-quarter financial results on July 24. Meanwhile, the White House announced Tuesday that Qatar Airways had purchased five Boeing 777 cargo planes. There was a fall of 50 in deliveries of Boeing 767 in Q1 2021 as compared to the preceding. This aircraft was commercially flown for the first time in September 1982 by United Airlines. Boeing 767 : Boeing 767 is a 43-year-old. The deal with Airbus is worth $5.5 billion at list prices, although discounts are common.įlyadeal, part of Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp., has an all-Airbus fleet. Boeing 747 was the least popular aircraft in the company’s portfolio, contributing only 1 of the total deliveries. Tuesday's twin reports came a day after Saudi budget airline flyadeal reversed its earlier intention to order 30 Max jets from Boeing and instead put in an order for 30 A320neo jets and took options on 20 more. Boeing didn't count those as orders because the deal is not yet final. However, the parent company of British Airways said last month that it intends to buy 200 - a move seen as a show of support for the troubled plane. Boeing suspended Max deliveries in March but continues to ship an older 737 model called the NG.įor the third straight month, Boeing indicated that it received no new Max orders in June. Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) reached (0) agreements with Airbus and Boeing to revise its aircraft delivery schedule. But the Max has been grounded worldwide for nearly four months, since the second of two crashes that together killed 346 people. The drop-off has accelerated during the year, with the second quarter being worse than the first.ĭeliveries of Boeing 737s, a work horse for short and medium-length flights, dropped to just 24 in the second quarter, down from 89 in the first quarter and 137 in the second quarter of 2018.Īirlines had been snapping up Boeing's fuel-efficient 737 Max, which competes with the Airbus neo. Shipments were strong for its more fuel-efficient A320neo family of planes.īoeing reported that it delivered 239 planes in the first half of 2019, down from 378 in the same period last year. 15.Ĭlick here for more FreightWaves/American Shipper stories by Eric Kulisch.CHICAGO (AP) - Deliveries of Boeing airliners tumbled 37% in the first half of 2019 as the company struggled to fix its best-selling plane after two deadly crashes, and Europe's Airbus surged far ahead in the competition between the world's leading aircraft manufacturersĪirbus said Tuesday that it delivered 389 planes in the first half, up 28% from 303 a year earlier. It will be retired after it lands at Frankfurt Airport at noon on Oct. Air Force in 1Q21 Completed first flight and delivery of the F-15EX for the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force in 1Q21 Awarded contracts for six Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey rotorcraft for the U.S. Its final rotations are between Cairo, Tel Aviv, Chicago and New York with the greetings “Farewell” and “Thank you MD-11” emblazoned on the fuselage. Received contract for 11 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the U.S. Lufthansa Cargo’s last MD-11 aircraft is making a farewell tour after 23 years. One of the aircraft is a production freighter from Boeing and the other is a recently purchased used aircraft.
It now has 15 777 aircraft in service: 11 of its own aircraft plus the capacity of 4 777s operated by DHL joint venture AeroLogic. In related news, Lufthansa Cargo said it has added two 777 freighters to its fleet as it completes the transition to a single-aircraft type. The company offers the same arrangement to other customers and says CEVA doesn’t get preference.ĬMA CGM is using Groupe ECS as its general sales agent to help market its capacity, handle bookings and manage shipment processing for non-CEVA customers. In August, air cargo demand was up 7.7%, according to the International Air Transport Association.ĬEVA has a blocked space agreement on board the aircraft. Boeing and other industry analysts project air cargo to grow at a 4.7% annual rate, but the market is much hotter this year. The move into air cargo is a way for CMA CGM to diversify its logistics business, ensure capacity for its huge logistics arm, CEVA Logistics, and tap the booming air cargo market. The Forum at FreightWaves LIVE (Fall 2019).Podcasts: FreightWaves FreightCasts Network.