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Boeing Co delivered 60 jets in June, including 49 of its best-selling 737 models, beating analyst expectations even as it contended with a strike at a key supplier and manufacturing defects.
The tally boosted the US planemaker’s total handovers for the second quarter to 136 jets, 12% more than a year earlier. Analysts had expected Boeing to deliver about 112 commercial aircraft, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, after shipments dipped in April and May as it addressed a supplier defect in its 737 jets.
The manufacturer booked 304 gross orders in June, the most in nearly a decade, against 16 cancellations. The order haul includes several deals finalised at the Paris Air Show that Boeing had unveiled previously, including a 230-jet sale to Air India of its 787 Dreamliners.