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Boeing posts first profit in almost two years, propelled by 737 MAX deliveries

Published 07/28/2021, 07:36 AM
Updated 07/28/2021, 07:48 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Boeing logo is seen at the company's facility in Everett, Washington, U.S., Jan. 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
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(Reuters) -Boeing Co on Wednesday posted its first profit in almost two years, as deliveries of its best-selling 737 MAX jets to airlines gained traction amid a sharp rebound in travel bookings following an increase in global COVID-19 vaccinations.

The 737 MAX is integral to Boeing (NYSE:BA)'s financial recovery, as the U.S. planemaker scrambles to recoup billions of dollars in lost sales from the pandemic, and deals with production-related structural defects of its bigger, more profitable 787 planes.

Chief Executive Officer David Calhoun said the company now plans to keep staffing levels stable at around 140,000 employees, after previously targeting a reduction to 130,000 by the end of 2021.

Boeing said it is currently building 16 737 MAX jets per month. The company has said it would lift the jet's output to 31 a month by early 2022.

Boeing's core operating profit was $755 million in the second quarter ended June 30, compared with a loss of $3.32 billion a year earlier.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Boeing logo is seen at the company's facility in Everett, Washington, U.S., Jan. 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

Revenue rose 44% to about $17 billion.

Analysts on average expected Boeing to report a quarterly loss of $454.8 million on revenue of $16.54 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.

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