Boeing delivered 600 commercial aircraft in 2025, according to the company's fourth-quarter delivery announcement and the January tally compiled by Forecast International: 447 737s, 88 787s, 35 777s and 30 767s. The 600-jet year is Boeing's highest delivery total since the 737 MAX grounding upended its output in 2019, and it sets the baseline for a 2026 production race in which Boeing started ahead of Airbus.
How does 600 compare with recent years?
The recovery arc is stark. Boeing delivered 348 jets in 2023 and 375 in 2024, years still shaped by the MAX crisis, the 737-9 door-plug episode of January 2024, and an IAM strike that halted 737, 767 and 777 assembly lines in late 2024. Reaching 600 in 2025 means output rose by roughly 60 percent in a single year as the strike's effects unwound.
Leeham News, analyzing Boeing's results in mid-January 2026, noted that Airbus and Boeing together delivered 1,142 single-aisle jets in 2025 — the second-highest combined single-aisle tally in history, behind only 2018's 1,220. The widebody story is more muted: 88 787s remain well below the type's pre-pandemic delivery rates.
Break the total down and the shape of the year is clear. The 737 accounted for nearly three-quarters of all deliveries, as expected for the highest-rate single-aisle line in the world. The 787's 88 jets and the widebody pair of 777 and 767 programs together contributed 153 aircraft — enough to keep long-haul fleet plans moving, but far short of what airlines had requested at the top of the post-pandemic order wave.
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Why it matters for travelers
Delivery volume drives airline fleet plans, and fleet plans drive fares and frequencies. Every additional 737 that reaches a carrier lets it add domestic and short-haul international capacity; a stretched 787 line eventually adds long-haul seats. Travelers booking 2026 summer schedules are flying on the 2025 delivery ramp.
The number also matters for the duopoly's balance. Forecast International's January 15, 2026 compilation shows Boeing closed 2025 with momentum that carried into a 46-jet January 2026 — its third-highest January on record. What the company did not publish in the same detail, per Forecast International, is a full net-versus-gross orders breakdown for 2025, so the orders side of the ledger deserves caution until the annual form is filed.
What to watch in 2026
The open questions are the 737 production-rate certification above 38 per month and the pace of 787 deliveries. Both determine whether 600 becomes a floor or a peak.