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Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Company typeDivision
IndustryAviation
FoundedJuly 15, 1916; 108 years ago (1916-07-15)
FounderWilliam Boeing
Headquarters
Renton, Washington
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Stephanie Pope (President and CEO)
Products737, 767, 777, 787
RevenueIncrease US$33.9 billion (2023)
Positive decrease US$(1.6) billion (2023)
Total assetsIncrease US$77.1 billion (2023)
Number of employees
Increase 47,948 (2023)
ParentThe Boeing Company
SubsidiariesBoeing Capital
Websiteboeing.com/commercial
Footnotes / references
Financials as of December 31, 2023
References:[1][2]

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is a division of the Boeing Company. It designs, assembles, markets, and sells commercial aircraft, including the 737, 767, 777, and 787, along with freighter and business jet variants of most. The division employs nearly 35,000 people, many working at the company's division headquarters in Renton, Washington or at more than a dozen engineering, manufacturing, and assembly facilities, notably the Everett Factory and Renton Factory (both outside of Seattle), and the South Carolina Factory.

It includes the assets of the Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation, which merged with Boeing in 1997.[3] As of the end of 2021, BCA employed about 35,926 people.[1]

Organization

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is organized as:[4]

BCA subsidiaries:

Management

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In November 2016, Boeing announced that Ray Conner would step down immediately as BCA's president and CEO.[11] He was succeeded by Kevin G. McAllister,[12] who was the first outside recruitment in BCA history. McAllister was instructed by Dennis Muilenburg to triple revenue from aftermarket services from $15 billion to a target of $50 billion over 10 years, with a new purpose-built unit headed by Stan Deal.[11] Keith Leverkuhn was the vice president and general manager of the 737 MAX program in March 2017 when it received certification.[13]

McAllister was eventually ousted by Boeing in October 2019, in the midst of a company crisis following two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX jets. Stan Deal succeeded him in both of his positions.[14][15][16] One insider called McAllister a "scapegoat" as he had only joined BCA during the later stages of the 737 MAX's development.[15] In March 2024, Deal was in turn replaced by Stephanie Pope, formerly head of the Boeing Global Services division.[17]

Products

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Model naming convention

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See also: List of Boeing customer codes

For all models sold beginning with the Boeing 707 in 1957, except the Boeing 720, Boeing's naming system for commercial airliners has taken the form of 7X7 (X representing a number). All model designations from 707 through 787 have been assigned, leaving 797 as the only 7X7 model name not assigned to a product.

For models 707 to 777, the full model number consists of an airplane's model number, for example, 707 or 747, followed by a hyphen and three digits that represent the series within the model, for example, 707-320 or 747-400. In aviation circles, a more specific model designation is sometimes used where the last two digits of the series designator are replaced by the two-digit, alpha-numeric Boeing customer code, for example, 747-121, representing a 747-100 originally ordered by Pan American World Airways (Boeing customer code 21) or 737-7H4, representing a 737-700 originally ordered by Southwest Airlines (Boeing customer code H4). Codes do not change for aircraft transferred from one airline to another. Unlike other models, the 787 uses a single digit to designate the series, for example, 787-8. This convention was followed in the development of the newest version of the 747, the 747-8, along with the 737 MAX and 777X series.

Additional letters are sometimes appended to the model name as a suffix, including "ER" to designate an "extended range" version, such as the 777-300ER, or "LR" to designate a "long range" version, for example 777-200LR. Other suffix designators include "F" for "freighter" (747-400F), "C" for "convertible" aircraft that can be converted between a passenger and freighter configuration (727-100C), "SR" or "D" for "short range" and "domestic" (747-400D, 747SR), and "M" for "combi" aircraft that are configured to carry both passengers and freight at the same time (757-200M, 747-400M). Passenger aircraft that are originally manufactured as passenger aircraft and later converted to freighter configuration by Boeing carry the suffix "BCF" designating a Boeing converted freighter (747-400BCF).

Aircraft in production or development

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Product list and details
Aircraft model Number built[18] Description Capacity First flight Variants in production Out-of-production variants
737 10,906 Twin‑engine, single aisle, short- to medium-range narrow-body 85–230 April 9, 1967 737 MAX 8, MAX 200, MAX 9, BBJ, 737 AEW&C, P-8 100, 200, 200C/Adv, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 700ER, 800, 900, 900ER, C-40
767 1,240 Heavy, twin-engine, twin aisle, medium- to long-range widebody 180–375 September 26, 1981 300F, KC-767, KC-46, E-767 200, 200ER, 300, 300ER, 400ER[19]
777 1,678 Heavy, twin-engine, twin aisle, medium- to long-range, ultra long-range (200LR), widebody 301–550 June 12, 1994 BBJ, Freighter[20] 200, 200ER, 200LR, 300, 300ER
787 1,006 Heavy, twin-engine, twin aisle, long-range widebody 210–330[21] December 15, 2009 8, 9,[22] 10, BBJ[23]
Future airliner models
Expected
EIS 		Type Description Notes
2025[24] 737 MAX 7 Successor of the 737-700 with new engines Revealed 08/2011
2025[25] 737 MAX 10 Fourth generation of the 737. Lengthened 737 MAX 9. Direct competitor of the Airbus A321neo Revealed 06/2017
2025[26] 777X New 777 series, with the lengthened 777-9X, and extra-long-range 777-8X. New engine and new composite wings with folding wingtips Revealed 03/2019

Orders and deliveries

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The table below lists only airliners from the jet era.

Aircraft Orders Deliveries Unfilled
707 865 865 —
717-200 155 155 —
720 154 154 —
727 1,832 1,832 —
737 Original 1,114 1,114 —
737 Classic 1,988 1,988 —
737 NG 7,124 7,124 —
737 MAX 4,821 686 4,219
747 1,424 1,424 —
747-8 155 155 —
757 1,050 1,050 —
767 1,346 1,240 120
777 2,100 1,679 328
777X 334 — 334
787 1,490 1,006 522
Totals 21,131 19,565 5,552

Data from Boeing through April 2023[27]

Discontinued aircraft

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Aircraft
model 		Number
built 		Notes
1 2
6 1
6D 2
7 1
8 1
40 84
64 1
80 16
81 2
95 25
200 Monomail 1 Converted into the 8-passenger Model 221A
203 7
204 7
221 Monomail 1 Converted into the 8-passenger Model 221A
247 75
307 Stratoliner 10
314 Clipper 12
367-80 1
377 Stratocruiser 56 Civil development of the military C-97
707 865
720 154 Modified, short range variant of the 707
717 156 Originally developed by McDonnell Douglas as the MD-95: an evolution of the DC-9 family.
727 1,832 Three-engine narrow-body jet
747 1,568 Heavy, four‑engine, partial double deck, twin–aisle main deck, single–aisle upper deck, medium- to long-range widebody
757 1,050 Narrow-body twin-engine jet
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Specialty and other aircraft

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Airlines commonly order aircraft with special features or options, but Boeing builds certain models specifically for a particular customer.

  • The Boeing 707-138B was a shortened-fuselage, long-range model only sold to Qantas.
  • The Boeing 757-200M was a single-example model built for Royal Nepal Airlines (now called Nepal Airlines). This plane could be converted between passenger and freighter configuration. It was launched by Royal Nepal Airlines in 1986 and delivered two years later.
  • Boeing 747
    • The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
    • The Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter (now named the Dreamlifter) is a wide-body cargo aircraft.
    • The 747SP production resumed nearly four years after the supposedly final 747SP was built. It had a cockpit crew of two instead of the three-crew layout of other 747SPs.
    • Two Boeing VC-25s were built for the US Air Force as Presidential Air Force One transports. This model was a highly modified 747-200B.
    • Four Boeing 747-100SRs were built for Japan Airlines for a domestic flight service.
    • Nine Boeing 747-100Bs were built for Iran Air and Saudi Arabian Airlines, which had a stronger airframe and landing gear, as well as an increased fuel capacity.
  • Boeing was a consultant to Sukhoi on the Russian Regional Jet program that subsequently became the Sukhoi Superjet 100 twin-engine narrowbody airliner.

Concepts

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Airfoils

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  • Boeing 103 – used on Model 40 and F2B
  • Boeing 103A – used on F2B and F3B
  • Boeing 106 – used on Model 80, P-12, Monomail, Model 226
  • Boeing 106B – used on Model 95, Model 247D, P-12
  • Boeing 106R – used on various Beriev models
  • Boeing 109 – used on Model 95 and P-26
  • Boeing 117 – used on XPBB, B-29 and derivatives (307, 367, 377), all Aero Spacelines models, Tupolev Tu-4, Tu-70, Tu-75 and Tu-80.[citation needed][clarification needed]

Major facilities

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "The Boeing Co. 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. January 31, 2024.
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  13. ^ "Boeing 737 MAX 8 Earns FAA Certification". boeing.mediaroom.com. PRNewswire: Boeing Communications. March 9, 2017.
  14. ^ "Stanley Deal Bio". Archived from the original on February 19, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  15. ^ a b Johnson, Eric M.; Shepardson, David (October 23, 2019). "Boeing ousts airliner chief as 737 MAX crisis grows". Reuters. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  16. ^ "Boeing replaces head of commercial airplane unit amid 737 Max crisis". CNBC. October 22, 2019.
  17. ^ Hart, Jordan (March 26, 2024). "The new boss of Boeing's commercial airplanes division is a third-generation employee". Business Insider. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
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  24. ^ "Southwest Airlines removes MAX 7 from 2024 plans, cuts delivery forecast from Boeing". Reuters. January 25, 2024.
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