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June deliveries included 8 to Chinese customers

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Boeing ( BA ) booked 116 new orders in June, including 54 737

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62 787s

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Airbus matches Boeing's ( BA ) June deliveries at 60 aircraft

By Dan Catchpole

SEATTLE, July 8 (Reuters) - Boeing ( BA ) said Tuesday

that it delivered 60 airplanes in June, a 27% increase compared

to a year earlier, including eight to Chinese customers for the

first time since a trade spat between the countries ended.

Beijing had banned delivery of Boeing ( BA ) aircraft in April as a

tariff dispute escalated between the world's two biggest

economies, but in May, it removed that ban, as the two countries

agreed to temporarily cut steep tariffs.

Aircraft deliveries are closely tracked by Wall Street

because planemakers collect much of their payment when they hand

over jets to customers.

The surge in deliveries comes as Boeing ( BA ) seeks to recover

from years of production

setbacks and crises

that have left it burdened with debt, underscoring the

critical importance of ramping up deliveries to stabilize its

finances.

Boeing ( BA ) delivered 42 of its best-selling 737 MAX jet, nine

787s, four 777 freighters and five 767s, including three to be

finished by Boeing's ( BA ) defense division as KC-46 aerial refueling

tankers. Southwest Airlines took delivery of 10 737 MAX

aircraft.

Five of the 737 MAX jets were for Chinese airlines. Boeing ( BA )

also delivered three other jets to Chinese customers, including

a 787 and two 777 freighters.

The company delivered 44 jets the previous month and 45 in

June 2024.

Through the first half of 2025, Boeing ( BA ) has delivered 280

jets, including 206 737 MAX aircraft, 37 787s, 14 767s, 20 777s

and three older model 737s to be finished as P-8 Poseidons, a

naval reconnaissance airplane.

Boeing ( BA ) booked 116 gross new orders in June, including 54 737

MAXes and 62 787s. Alaska Airlines ordered 12 737s, and British

Airways ordered 32 787s.

Singapore Airlines also cancelled orders in June for three

737 MAX jets.

June's order activity was a drop from May, when Boeing ( BA )

posted its sixth-highest monthly order tally in Boeing's ( BA )

history, according to company data.

Through the first half of the year, the planemaker has

booked 668 orders, or 625 net orders after cancellations and

conversions.

European rival Airbus delivered 60 aircraft in

June, according to Cirium, an aviation analytics

consultancy. Seven of those were widebody aircraft - three A330s

and four A350s. Forty-one were single-aisle A320 and A321 jets

that compete with Boeing's ( BA ) 737, and 12 were A220 regional jets.