Boeing Narrows Losses on Strong Sales, Confirms China Customers Refusing Delivery

Robust production and delivery of new commercial aircraft boosted the company’s first-quarter performance.
Boeing Narrows Losses on Strong Sales, Confirms China Customers Refusing Delivery
A Boeing 737 MAX 8, the second jet intended for use by a Chinese airline to be returned to its manufacturer, lands at Boeing Field, as trade tensions escalate over U.S. tariffs with China, in Seattle on April 22, 2025. David Ryder/Reuters
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Following huge losses over the past two years and the grounding of its best-selling plane due to safety issues, Boeing Co. said on April 23 that its ongoing recovery plan is starting to stabilize production, fix its ailing culture, and refocus its workforce on core business. Meanwhile, the company confirmed that customers in China are refusing to accept aircraft deliveries.

In midday trading on Wall Street, Boeing shares were headed skyward to $171.81, up 5.7 percent. That reverses a downward trend over the past week after reports that China had halted the delivery of all Boeing jets amid the U.S. government’s ongoing trade war with the East Asian country.
Wesley Brown
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