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By Jon Hemmerdinger2021-01-12T16:26:00+00:00
Boeing logged another month of zero 787 deliveries in December 2020, while also receiving cancellations for another 105 737 Max.
On the bright side, during December Boeing resumed 737 Max deliveries and landed new orders for 90 jets, including 737 Max and widebody freighters.
In all of 2020, Boeing delivered 157 jets, including 43 737s, five 747s, 30 767s, 26 777s and 53 787s, its data shows. By comparison, Boeing delivered 380 aircraft in 2019.
The December activity leaves Boeing at year-end with 4,223 jets in its backlog, down 22% since the end of 2019 due largely to cancellations and accounting adjustments stemming from the pandemic-shattered aviation industry.
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“Through the global pandemic, we took meaningful steps to adapt to our new market, transform our business and deliver for our commercial, defence, space and services customers in 2020,” Boeing chief financial officer Greg Smith says. “The resumpti