October 2025 is a good month for Boeing. The American aircraft manufacturer delivered 53 commercial planes, well above the average of 33 deliveries in October over the past five years. Of these, forty deliveries relate to the 737 family, including 39 examples of the best-selling model in Boeing history, the 737 MAX.
In October 2024, when a strike crippled its two main plants in the Seattle area (northwest), it delivered only 14 aircraft. A year later, the aircraft manufacturer obtained permission from the Civil Aviation Regulatory Authority (FAA) to produce a maximum of 42 737 MAX per month.
As a reminder, the rate was capped by the FAA at 38 starting February 28, 2024, following an in-flight incident in January with an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 aircraft delivered several months earlier. This incident, which caused only a few minor injuries, highlighted major problems with Boeing’s production quality.
A billion dollars and a thousand jobs in South Carolina
The manufacturer also delivered seven 787 Dreamliners in October. Work on the expansion of its manufacturing facility, located in North Charleston, South Carolina, officially launched Friday with a ceremony that brought together hundreds of employees, members of the United States and state Congress and company executives.
The plane manufacturer plans to invest more than a billion dollars and create a thousand additional jobs — more than 8,200 people already work for Boeing in South Carolina — within five years. Production rates increase from five to seven per month by 2025, and the goal is to reach ten monthly by 2026.
With the potential for four assembly lines eventually, Boeing plans to accelerate further in the coming years. More than 1,200 units have been delivered since it began operations in 2007, and nearly a thousand units are on the order book. Boeing says this makes it the best-selling wide-body jet in history.
493 aircraft delivered since the start of the year
During the first ten months of this year, 320 net orders for the 787 Dreamliner were placed, representing the twin-aisle’s second best sales since the same period in its launch year (369 orders). Since the start of the year, Boeing has delivered a total of 493 aircraft.
In October alone, seven Dreamliners were ordered by unknown buyers as well as eight 737s. The total was fifteen gross orders. This represents ten net orders for cancellations and various conversions. Since the start of the year, the aircraft manufacturer has received 847 net orders and has an order book of 6,534 commercial aircraft.
