WASHINGTON—Boeing on Tuesday announced 130 airplane deliveries over the first quarter of 2023, inching past rival Airbus, which delivered 127 jets.
Boeing’s deliveries were up almost 27 percent from a year earlier, when it delivered 95 jets.
The U.S. planemaker delivered 64 aircraft in March, 36 percent more than the 41 jets transferred to customers in the same month last year.
The 737 MAX made up 52 of that sum, with United Airlines and Southwest Airlines each taking ownership of 12 MAX jets.
Widebody deliveries picked up after a slow January and February, in part caused by a weeks-long halt on 787 Dreamliner deliveries ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration in February….