Editing Boeing 737 (section)

=== Orders and deliveries ===

==== Orders ====
The 737 had the highest, cumulative orders for any airliner until surpassed by the A320 family in October 2019.<ref name="Flight15nov2019">{{Cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/total-a320-orders-overtake-737s-as-max-crisis-persi-462255/ |title= A320's order total overtakes 737's as Max crisis persists |date= November 15, 2019 |author= David Kaminski-Morrow |work= Flightglobal |access-date= November 16, 2019 |archive-date= November 16, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191116075424/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/total-a320-orders-overtake-737s-as-max-crisis-persi-462255/ |url-status= live}}</ref> In that year, 737 orders dropped by 90%, as 737 MAX orders dried up after the March grounding.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hawkins |first1=Andrew J. |title=Boeing had more cancellations than orders in 2019 as 737 Max crisis deepens |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/14/21065581/boeing-orders-cancellation-737-max-2019 |website=[[The Verge]] |date=January 14, 2020 |access-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125051322/https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/14/21065581/boeing-orders-cancellation-737-max-2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The 737 MAX backlog fell by 182, mainly due to the [[Jet Airways]] bankruptcy, a drop in Boeing's airliner backlog was a first in at least the past 30 years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=LeBeau |first1=Phil |title=Boeing posts negative commercial airplane orders in 2019 for first time in decades |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/14/boeing-posts-negative-commercial-airplane-orders-for-first-time-in-decades.html |work=CNBC |date=January 14, 2020 |access-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125031818/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/14/boeing-posts-negative-commercial-airplane-orders-for-first-time-in-decades.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

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{{as of|2025|4|df=US}}, 16,813 units of the Boeing 737 family had been ordered, with 4,753 orders were pending, or 4,287 when including "additional criteria for recognizing contracted backlog with customers beyond the existence of a firm contract" (ASC 606 Adjustment).<ref name="O_D_summ" />

==== Deliveries ====
[[File:737-deliveries-per-year-1967-2018.png|thumb|737 deliveries per year, 1967–2018]]
Boeing delivered the 5,000th 737 to [[Southwest Airlines]] on February 13, 2006, the 6,000th 737 to [[Norwegian Air Shuttle]] in April 2009,<ref name="Flight22apr2009">{{cite news |author= Kingsley-Jones, Max |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pictures-6000-and-counting-for-boeings-popular-little-twinjet/86059.article |title= 6,000 and counting for Boeing's popular little twinjet |work= Flight International |date= April 22, 2009 |access-date= January 9, 2020 |archive-date= July 27, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200727014427/https://www.flightglobal.com/pictures-6000-and-counting-for-boeings-popular-little-twinjet/86059.article |url-status= live}}</ref> the 7,000th 737 to [[Flydubai]] on December 16, 2011,<ref name="737facts2013" /> the 8,000th 737 to [[United Airlines]] on April 16, 2014,<ref>{{cite news|title=Boeing's 737 Turns 8,000: The Best-Selling Plane Ever Isn't Slowing|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-16/boeing-s-737-turns-8-000-the-best-selling-plane-ever-isn-t-slowing|publisher=Bloomberg Business Week|date=April 16, 2014|access-date=April 16, 2014|archive-date=April 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416231815/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-16/boeing-s-737-turns-8-000-the-best-selling-plane-ever-isn-t-slowing|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the 9,000th 737 to [[China United Airlines]] in April 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://theworldofaviationblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/boeing-delivers-9000th-737/ |title= Boeing delivers 9,000th 737 |work= The World of Aviation |date= April 21, 2016 |access-date= October 13, 2021}}</ref> The 10,000th 737 was ordered in July 2012,<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.boeing.com/Features/2012/07/bca_737_10000th_07_11_12.html |title= 737 tops 10,000 orders |publisher= Boeing |date= July 12, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120726002847/http://www.boeing.com/Features/2012/07/bca_737_10000th_07_11_12.html |archive-date= July 26, 2012}}</ref> rolled out on March 13, 2018, and was to be delivered to Southwest Airlines; the backlog at the time stood at over 4,600 aircraft.<ref name="Flight13march2018">{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-how-boeing-built-10000-737s-446735/ |title= How Boeing built 10,000 737s |date= March 13, 2018 |author= Max Kingsley-Jones |work= Flightglobal |access-date= March 15, 2018 |archive-date= March 15, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180315135255/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-how-boeing-built-10000-737s-446735/ |url-status= live}}</ref>

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{{as of|2025|4|df=US}}, 12,060 units of the Boeing 737 family had been delivered,<ref name=O_D_summ /> while 12,014 of the competing A320 family had been delivered.<ref name="AirbusOrd&Del">{{cite web |title=Orders & Deliveries |url=https://www.airbus.com/aircraft/market/orders-deliveries.html |work=[[Airbus]] |date=April 30, 2025 |access-date=May 13, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218195733/http://www.airbus.com/aircraft/market/orders-deliveries.html |archive-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref>
Therefore, the 737 is the most delivered jetliner.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/11/us/faa-grounds-scores-of-737-s-to-check-for-a-wiring-problem.html |title= F.A.A. Grounds Scores of 737's To Check for a Wiring Problem |date= May 11, 1998 |work= [[New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/pilot-report-flying-737-8-boeings-new-narrowbody-breadwinner |title= Pilot Report: Flying the 737-8, Boeing's New Narrowbody Breadwinner |date= May 12, 2017 |work= [[Aviation Week]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= O'Hare, Maureen |url= https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/world-best-selling-airplanes/index.html |title= The world's best-selling airplanes |date= January 28, 2022 |work= [[Cable News Network|CNN]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right; font-size: 96%;"
|+ Deliveries by year for all 737 generations and model series<ref name=O_D_summ />
!Year!! Total !! 2025 !! 2024 !! 2023 !! 2022 !! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016 !! 2015 !! 2014 !! 2013 !! 2012 !! 2011 !! 2010 !! 2009 !! 2008 !! 2007
|-
|'''Deliveries'''||'''12,060'''||135||265||396||387||263|| 43{{efn|The 2020 deliveries consist of 16 NG-based variants and 27 737 MAXs.}} ||127||580||529||490||495||485||440||415||372||376||372||290||330
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right; font-size: 96%;"
|-
!2006 !! 2005 !! 2004 !! 2003 !! 2002 !! 2001 !! 2000 !! 1999 !! 1998 !! 1997 !! 1996 !! 1995 !! 1994 !! 1993 !! 1992 !! 1991 !! 1990 !! 1989 !! 1988 !! 1987
|-
|302||212||202||173||223||299||282||320||282||135||76||89||121||152||218||215||174||146||165||161
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right; font-size: 96%;"
|-
!1986 !! 1985 !! 1984 !! 1983 !! 1982 !! 1981 !! 1980 !! 1979 !! 1978 !! 1977 !! 1976 !! 1975 !! 1974 !! 1973 !! 1972 !! 1971 !! 1970 !! 1969 !! 1968 !! 1967
|-
|141||115||67||82||95||108||92||77||40||25||41||51||55||23||22||29||37||114||105||4
|}
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