Boeing Reports Record Orders For 2007

While the race to the finishing line may have been “won” with the first declaration of orders, Boeing certainly broke its own sales record for a 12 month period.

Click here to see the official press release.

Below is a recent breakdown of all gross/net orders since 2005, when Boeing first reached quadruple figures.

The total dollar value based on media/list prices is below:

Data kindly reproduced from The Boeing Company

“It has been another strong year for commercial aviation, and we are grateful for our customers’ trust in our team, and our products and services,” said Scott Carson, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and chief executive officer. “We deeply appreciate the role we play in our customers’ plans for growth and success, and we are focused on meeting our commitments.

“Clearly we’ve had our share of challenges during the past year, but our customers understand the issues, and market acceptance of our products and services has been nothing short of remarkable,” Carson said. “With a balanced base of customers from all regions of the world, from airlines with varied business models, and with strong orders across our product line, we are now focused on executing this strong backlog position.”

Airbus is poised to announce its final 2007 orders on January 16 2008. It’s certainly going to be a very closely fought campaign in 2008 too.

Image courtesy of Boeing

From the Boeing press release, the key 2007 achievements are listed below - equally, when Airbus announces its year end tally, it too will have a number of notable goals that it attained during 2007.

Among notable highlights for Boeing Commercial Airplanes during 2007:

• First Dreamlifter delivered the first 787 assemblies; second Dreamlifter took first flight and entered service; 787 final assembly began; 787 program celebrated the rollout of the first airplane, and surpassed milestones of 500, 600, 700, and 800 orders since launch
• 747 program surpassed the 1,500 order mark; 747-8 Intercontinental completed firm configuration; 747-8 Freighter completed 25% design release; first delivery of a new production 747 Freighter to a Russian carrier
• 767 program reached 1,000 orders with an order for 27 767-300 Freighters for UPS, which, when delivered, will nearly double the UPS 767 Freighter fleet
• Boeing entered into environmental partnerships with Virgin Atlantic and GE Aviation, and with Air New Zealand and Rolls-Royce for joint biofuel demonstration flights
• 737 program celebrated 7,000th order; first delivery of the 737-700ER to launch customer ANA; first delivery of 737-900ER to launch customer Lion Air
• Boeing Business Jets had another record year, with 25 orders, including 8 widebody VIP airplanes
• Boeing Integrated Material Management established a new service center in Singapore; Alteon opened a new training center in Shanghai
• Boeing’s response rate for urgent airline service requests through the Operations Center reached 95.5%
• Rolls Royce and General Electric joined the 787 GoldCare Program as part of the supplier network
• Boeing acquired C-Map, a wholly-owned subsidiary reporting to Jeppesen
• Boeing Fabrication Composites Manufacturing Center rolled out the first 787 vertical fin; Boeing Portland earned ISO14001 certification
• Major assembly began for the first P-8A Poseidon
• 777 became the best selling twin-aisle, twin-engine airplane, surpassing 1,000 orders; completed 90 percent design release for 777 Freighter, with production set for early 2008; first 777 deliveries to new customers celebrated, including Air India, Jet Airways and Qatar Airways
• Delivery of 3,000th Everett-built widebody airplane; Everett factory celebrated 40th anniversary; Everett tour center celebrated three millionth visitor

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