Boeing delivered 143 commercial aircraft in the first quarter of 2026, with the 737 programme accounting for 114 of those planes and the 787 Dreamliner adding 15 more. The company handed over 273 units across its commercial and defense businesses in the period, a pace that gives investors a new snapshot of execution ahead of its quarterly earnings release on April 22.
The commercial mix also included six 767s and eight 777s, while Boeing’s Defense, Space and Security division accounted for 130 deliveries, including AH 64 Apache helicopters, CH 47 Chinooks, F 15 and F A 18 fighter jets, four KC 46 tanker aircraft, one P 8 maritime patrol aircraft, two MH 139 helicopters and a commercial and civil satellite. For a company still working through supply chain constraints and a historically large order backlog, the numbers matter because they show how much aircraft and equipment Boeing is getting out the door now, not just what it has sold on paper.
The delivery update comes as Boeing tries to steady a production system shaped by the 737 MAX crisis, pandemic-related demand shocks and lingering supplier bottlenecks. Boeing did not provide comparable delivery figures for the same period a year earlier, leaving investors to judge the quarter from the raw totals and the pace they imply. The 737 and 787 remain central to airline fleet renewal plans around the world, which makes every delivery count in a market where carriers are still waiting for new jets.
There is also fresh demand on the order book. Korean Air announced plans to acquire 103 Boeing aircraft in a deal valued at $36.2 billion, with deliveries set to run through 2039. Boeing has also secured a $900 million agreement to support T 38 avionics systems for the United States Air Force and a separate $326 million contract for CH 47F Block II helicopters, reinforcing the defense side of the business as commercial production moves through another critical quarter. The real test now comes on April 22, when Boeing’s earnings release will show whether the delivery pace is translating into a cleaner financial picture.
