Boeing delivered 143 commercial aircraft in the first quarter of 2026, a figure that demonstrates the company’s output is holding steady after last year’s recovery took hold.
Though deliveries fell short of Boeing’s brisk late-2025 pace, the most recent quarter was led by 114 deliveries of the 737, along with six 767s, eight 777s, and 15 787s.
That tally is up from 130 commercial deliveries in the first quarter of 2025. March deliveries slowed slightly after Boeing found wiring issues in some 737 MAX jets, pushing about 10 handovers into the second quarter.
The 737 remains Boeing’s main product, and the 114 deliveries show that, wiring issues aside, the narrowbody program is still driving the recovery.
The 787 contributed 15 deliveries—solid but not yet at peak levels. Defense deliveries totaled 30 units, including Apache helicopters, KC-46 tankers, and P-8s.
Boeing’s delivery pace is still recovering from several years of disruption on the 737 MAX program, beginning with the fatal MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019, followed by tighter FAA oversight and, more recently, the January 2024 door-plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9.
That incident triggered fresh scrutiny of Boeing’s production and quality systems, and the FAA halted expansion of 737 MAX output while it reviewed the company’s corrective actions. More recently, the wiring damage discovered on a group of undelivered 737 MAX jets pushed the first-quarter handovers into the second quarter.
Boeing will report full first-quarter financial results on April 22, which will show how these deliveries translate into cash flow and earnings.
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