Boeing's 2017 Delivery Record

  Boeing delivered 763 jets in 2017 — a production record, making it the world’s top airplane manufacturer for the sixth year in a row. 

  Airbus reports its figures next week and is expected to have delivered just over 700 jets, though it will again top Boeing in orders. In a production record, Boeing built and delivered 763 airplanes in 2017, up from 748 jets the previous year. Its previous record was 762, set in 2015. Boeing also reported a total of 912 net orders last year, up from 668 the previous year. 

Cuts to 777 production and slow rates on the 767 and 747 jets were more than offset by increased rates on the 737 and the 787. The Renton plant geared up its monthly production from 42 to 47 single-aisle 737 jets in the fall and ended with a record 529 jet deliveries for the year. 

In Everett, the production rate of the 777 was slashed to just 3.5 jets per month in August as Boeing prepares to transition that assembly line to the new 777X.