Boeing Deliveries Fall 38% in the First Seven Months of 2019

Boeing Co delivered 38% fewer planes in the first seven months of 2019 than the same period a year earlier.

Employees walk by the end of a 737 Max aircraft at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, U.S., on March 27, 2019. Reuters/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

Boeing Co delivered 38% fewer planes in the first seven months of 2019 than the same period a year earlier, as the grounding and doubts around the future of its best-selling 737 MAX jets hurt operations.

Deliveries totaled 258 aircraft in the seven months through July, compared to 417 last year, and trailing far behind the 458 aircraft handed over in the same period by European rival Airbus SE.