A Boeing logo is seen before the opening of the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 13, 2025. REUTERS
March 17 (Reuters) – Boeing is expecting flat or possibly positive margins this year for its commercial airplanes division, Boeing Chief Financial Officer Jay Malave said Tuesday at the Bank of America Global Industrials Conference in London.
The commercial airplane division lost $632 million in 2025 and $2.1 billion in 2024.
The company expects to increase production of its popular 737 MAX jet from roughly 42 aircraft a month to 47 a month by year’s end and to deliver about 500 of the jets this year, he said.
The single-aisle jet is critical to Boeing’s financial recovery.
Deliveries in the first quarter were slightly hampered by damage to wiring on about 25 737s, but fixing the problems only required a few days of more work and will not hurt annual deliveries, he said.
Reporting by Dan Catchpole in Seattle; editing by Chizu Nomiyama
