Boeing Delivered 161 Airliners Last Quarter and Lost About $4.3 Million on Each. Its 6,300-Jet Backlog Would Take About a Decade to Build at This Year's Pace.
Boeing said on 27 October that third-quarter revenue rose 4 per cent to $24.2 billion and its net loss narrowed to $116 million, from $5.3 billion a year earlier. Its commercial airplanes unit lost $697 million on 161 deliveries. Total backlog reached a record $745 billion, including more than 6,300 commercial jets.

