Manufacturers’ plans for the coming years
Boeing plans to increase production of its popular Boeing 737 narrowbody jet to a record level of at least 57 units per month by July 2025. Reuters writes about this, citing two knowledgeable sources.
Both Boeing and its European rival Airbus have set ambitious targets to grow air travel and aircraft sales, with Airbus producing sought-after single-aisle jets even faster than the US planemaker.
Boeing laid out that plan in the latest version of its master delivery schedule, which was confirmed by the planemaker in mid-September. The schedule aims to achieve 42 aircraft per month by December 2023.
Boeing is going to increase production of Boeing 737 to 60 aircraft per month
After that, monthly production of 737 aircraft, including the 737 MAX and earlier models used for the military, will rise to 47.2 aircraft in June 2024 and 52.5 aircraft in December 2024, before reaching 57.7 aircraft. per month in July 2025. Before 737 MAX production ceased in 2019, Boeing was producing 52 aircraft per month and was on track to reach its goal of 57.
Boeing’s official 737 production goal is 50 aircraft per month between 2025 and 2026. But Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun has already talked about increasing the plan to 60 planes a month as the company ramps up orders, including a deal with Air India for nearly 200 MAX planes booked this year.
“I would like to reach production of 60 aircraft per month, and there is a market for that. There’s no doubt about that,” Calhoun said in the July earnings report.
In July, Airbus confirmed its production target for its best-selling A320neo family of 75 aircraft per month in 2026.
