Boeing delivered 477 commercial aircraft in 2011 and ended the year with 805 net orders and a backlog of 3,771 unfilled commercial orders, the manufacturer said.
The net orders represented a 52% increase over 530 in 2010, a gain the manufacturer attributed to 200 record-setting orders for the 777.
Boeing said the launch of the 737 MAX spurred deals that resulted in more than 1,000 orders and commitments from 15 customers.
“As our current commitments become firm orders and we add even more customers, I have no doubt that 2012 will be the 'Year of the 737 MAX'," said Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Jim Albaugh.
Southwest Airlines was the only carrier in 2011 to place firm orders for the MAX, becoming the launch MAX customer when it ordered 150 aircraft in December . The 3,771 unfilled order backlog does not include the MAX commitments, Boeing confirmed.
After a 40-month delivery delay on the 787, launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) took delivery of two 787s in the fall. Its third Dreamliner, scheduled for a December delivery, was in danger of being delayed again due to a Boeing “productivity” issue, but following “urgent negotiations” with ANA, the aircraft was delivered Dec. 30.
Albaugh said Boeing’s goal in 2012 is to “ensure that 787 production is stable and reliable, while maintaining focus on execution as we deliver an increasing number of airplanes across all our programs."
Boeing’s 2011 deliveries comprised 372 737s, nine 747s, 20 767s, 73 777s and three 787s.
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