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Boeing orders hit two-decade low amid 737 Max crisis

Air
15 January 2020

Boeing’s orders have fallen for the first time in two decades after it halted production of the notorious 737 Max. 

IAG has shown its faith in the Boeing 737 Max

BBC News has reported the aircraft manufacturer only made 54 net orders, including cancellations, for the whole of 2019 – down on 893 the previous year. 

Boeing is no longer the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer and is now second to Airbus, which made 863 deliveries in 2019, 8% higher than in 2018.

This comes as Boeing announced it would halt production of its 737 Max in December because two crashes had been linked with the model in five months.

In October 2018, a Lion Air flight killed all 189 people onboard when it plunged into the Java Sea, and in March 2019, an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed en route to Nairobi, also with no survivors.