Boeing Sets All-Time Highs in Jetliner Orders

The Boeing Company recorded 1,002 net commercial airplane orders during 2005, setting a new Boeing record for total orders in a single year. The 2005 total surpasses the previous Boeing record of 877 net orders in 1988, which includes both Boeing and then-McDonnell Douglas totals.

Boeing posted 272 net orders for commercial airplanes in 2004. Gross orders in 2005, which exclude cancellations and conversions, totaled 1,029.

Three airplane programs – the 737, 777 and 787 programs -- also achieved individual records with net orders of 569 for 737s, 154 for 777s and 235 for 787s. Previous record totals for these programs were 438 737s in 1996, 116 777s in 2000, and 56 787s in 2004. The 747 and 767 programs also had a very successful sales year with 43 and 15 net new orders, respectively.

Orders finalized as of December 20 include sixty eight 737, 777 and 787 airplanes for Air India, twenty 737s for China Southern Airlines, ten 737s for DBA, six 737s for Hainan Airlines, five 737s for Shanghai Airlines, four 737s for China Eastern Airlines, five 737s for Shenzhen Airlines, four 737s for WestJet, two 737s for Turkmenistan Airlines, eight 787s for Lcal and 2 787s for Continental Airlines.

In total, more than 72 different customers ordered Boeing airliners in 2005, including passenger planes, cargo carriers, leasing companies and private customers. The 2005 totals include 28 aircraft from customers who wish to remain unidentified as of January 4, 2006.