03:16 PM EDT, 08/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Boeing ( BA ) on Tuesday reported deliveries for July that fell sequentially and lagged behind Airbus' tally, though the US plane maker booked more orders than its European rival.

Boeing ( BA ) delivered 48 aircraft last month, down from 60 in June, but up from 43 in a year earlier, data on its website showed. The latest tally includes 37 737 Max jets. The company's 2025 deliveries through July reached 328, up from 218 a year earlier.

Airbus reported 67 deliveries for July, bringing its year-to-date tally to 373.

Boeing ( BA ) booked 31 gross orders last month, down from 116 in June and 72 a year earlier. Airbus reported July gross orders of seven aircraft.

Boeing ( BA ) shares were up 2.4% in Tuesday late-afternoon trade. The stock has jumped nearly 31% so far this year.

Late last month, the company said its 737 model program increased production to 38 planes a month in the second quarter, with the company aiming to stabilize at that rate before seeking approval to hike output to 42 planes later this year. Boeing's ( BA ) second-quarter loss narrowed more than Wall Street's estimates, while revenue topped expectations, buoyed by a jump in the commercial planes segment.

On Friday, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority said it cleared Boeing ( BA ) planned acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems ( SPR ) . Spirit expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter, a company spokesperson told MT Newswires at the time.

Last year, Boeing ( BA ) agreed to acquire Spirit in a roughly $8.3 billion deal that would reverse the companies' 2005 separation.

Boeing's ( BA ) unfulfilled orders as of the end of July totaled 6,572, while its backlog stood at 5,968, the data on its website showed Tuesday.

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