Boeing Commercial Airplanes


Boeing Commercial Airplanes is a division of the Boeing Company. It designs, assembles, markets, and sells commercial aircraft, including the 737, 767, 777, and 787, along with freighter and business jet variants of most. The division employs nearly 35,000 people, many working at the company's division headquarters in Renton, Washington, or at more than a dozen engineering, manufacturing, and assembly facilities, notably the Everett Factory and Renton Factory, and the South Carolina Factory.
It includes the assets of the Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation, which merged with Boeing in 1997. As of the end of 2021, BCA employed about 35,926 people.

Organization

Boeing Commercial Airplanes is organized as:
BCA subsidiaries:
  • Aeroinfo Systems
  • Aviall
  • Aviation Partners Boeing, a 50/50 joint venture with Aviation Partners Inc.
  • Boeing Canada
  • Boeing Capital
  • Boeing Training & Flight Services
  • CDG
  • Jeppesen, formerly Jeppesen Sanderson.
  • Preston Aviation Solutions

    Management

In November 2016, Boeing announced that Ray Conner would step down immediately as BCA's president and CEO. He was succeeded by Kevin G. McAllister, who was the first outside recruitment in BCA history. McAllister was instructed by Dennis Muilenburg to triple revenue from aftermarket services from $15 billion to a target of $50 billion over 10 years, with a new purpose-built unit headed by Stan Deal. Keith Leverkuhn was the vice president and general manager of the 737 MAX program in March 2017 when it received certification.
McAllister was eventually ousted by Boeing in October 2019, in the midst of a company crisis following two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX jets. Stan Deal succeeded him in both of his positions. One insider called McAllister a "scapegoat" as he had only joined BCA during the later stages of the 737 MAX's development. In March 2024, Deal was in turn replaced by Stephanie Pope, formerly head of the Boeing Global Services division.
In December 2024, Boeing announced that it would be laying off over 500 workers in California due to over $6 billion in losses during the third quarter of 2024 caused by worker strikes and other delays.

Products

Model naming convention

For all models sold beginning with the Boeing 707 in 1957, except the Boeing 720, Boeing's naming system for commercial airliners has taken the form of 7X7. All model designations from 707 through 787 have been assigned, leaving 797 as the only 7X7 model name not assigned to a product.
For models 707 to 777, the full model number consists of an airplane's model number, for example, 707 or 747, followed by a hyphen and three digits that represent the series within the model, for example, 707-320 or 747-400. In aviation circles, a more specific model designation is sometimes used where the last two digits of the series designator are replaced by the two-digit, alpha-numeric Boeing customer code, for example, 747-121, representing a 747-100 originally ordered by Pan American World Airways or 737-7H4, representing a 737-700 originally ordered by Southwest Airlines. Codes do not change for aircraft transferred from one airline to another. Unlike other models, the 787 uses a single digit to designate the series, for example, 787-8. This convention was followed in the development of the newest version of the 747, the 747-8, along with the 737 MAX and 777X series.
Additional letters are sometimes appended to the model name as a suffix, including "ER" to designate an "extended range" version, such as the 777-300ER, or "LR" to designate a "long range" version, for example 777-200LR. Other suffix designators include "F" for "freighter", "C" for "convertible" aircraft that can be converted between a passenger and freighter configuration, "SR" or "D" for "short range" and "domestic", and "M" for "combi" aircraft that are configured to carry both passengers and freight at the same time. Passenger aircraft that are originally manufactured as passenger aircraft and later converted to freighter configuration by Boeing carry the suffix "BCF" designating a Boeing converted freighter.

Aircraft in production or development

Expected
EIS		TypeDescriptionNotes
2027737 MAX 7Successor of the 737-700 with new enginesRevealed 08/2011
2027737 MAX 10Fourth generation of the 737. Lengthened 737 MAX 9. Direct competitor of the Airbus A321neoRevealed 06/2017
2027777XNew 777 series, with the lengthened 777-9X, extra-long-range 777-8X, and a freighter 777-8FX. New engine and new composite wings with folding wingtipsRevealed 03/2019

Orders and deliveries

The table below lists only airliners from the jet era.
AircraftOrdersDeliveriesUnfilled
707865865—
717-200155155—
720154154—
7271,8321,832—
737 Original1,1141,114—
737 Classic1,9881,988—
737 NG7,1267,1188
737 MAX6,8132,0054,808
7471,4241,424—
747-8155155—
7571,0501,050—
7671,4301,34189
7771,8311,77061
777X565—565
7872,2701,2221,048
Totals28,77222,1936,579

Data from Boeing through September 2025

Discontinued aircraft

Aircraft
model		Number
built		Notes
12
61
6D2
71
81
4084
641
8016
812
9525
200 Monomail1Converted into the 8-passenger Model 221A
2037
2047
221 Monomail1Converted into the 8-passenger Model 221A
24775
307 Stratoliner10
314 Clipper12
367-801
377 Stratocruiser56Civil development of the military C-97
707865
720154Modified, short range variant of the 707
717156Originally developed by McDonnell Douglas as the MD-95: an evolution of the DC-9 family.
7271,832Three-engine narrow-body jet
Boeing 737 Original1174Twin engine narrow-body jet
Boeing 737 Classic1988Twin engine narrow-body jet
7471,574Heavy, four‑engine, partial double deck, twin–aisle main deck, single–aisle upper deck, medium- to long-range widebody
7571,050Narrow-body twin-engine jet

Specialty and other aircraft

Airlines commonly order aircraft with special features or options, but Boeing builds certain models specifically for a particular customer.