Boeing seems to finally be pulling out of its years-long nosedive. For 2025, the Washington planemaker tallied up 1,173 net orders for its civilian aircraft, exceeding its rival Airbus. The European company pulled in 889 net orders, a 31.9% advantage to Boeing. Clearly, after years of fatal crashes, panel blow-outs, and stranded astronauts, the manufacturer is starting to wash some of the stain off of its once sparkling reputation. This marks the first time Boeing has eclipsed Airbus in orders since 2018, the year that everything seemed to fall apart for the former.
Airbus still has plenty to celebrate, though. As CNBC points out, Airbus still delivered more actual planes than Boeing last year, 793 to 600. In other words, while Boeing's doing better on prospect, Airbus is still doing better in the present. Remember that 2025 is also the year that Airbus' A320 family flew past the Boeing 737 as the bestselling jetliner of all time. Meanwhile, the A321neo remains the single bestselling variant of all time. So Boeing still has its work cut out for it.
