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Boeing Commercial Airplanes

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Division of the Boeing Company that builds commercial jet airplanes

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is a division of the Boeing Company and designs, assembles, markets, and sells commercial aircraft, including the 737, 767, 777, and 787, along with freighter and business jet variants of most. The division employs nearly 35,000 people, many working at the company's division headquarters in Renton, Washington, or at more than a dozen engineering, manufacturing, and assembly facilities, notably the Everett Factory and Renton Factory (both outside of Seattle), and the South Carolina Factory.2 It was founded by William Boeing.1 Its chief executive is Stanley A. Deal (since 2019).1 Its revenue was $60.7 billion in 2018.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1

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At Boeing's Everett factory near Seattle (9130160595)
Photo: Jetstar Airways, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is a division of the Boeing Company and designs, assembles, markets, and sells commercial aircraft, including the 737, 767, 777, and 787, along with freighter and business jet variants of most. The division employs nearly 35,000 people, many working at the company's division headquarters in Renton, Washington, or at more than a dozen engineering, manufacturing, and assembly facilities, notably the Everett Factory and Renton Factory (both outside of Seattle), and the South Carolina Factory.2

Corporate structure

Boeing Commercial Airplanes is part of a group headed by Boeing. 46 entities, 10 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by William Boeing in 1997.1

Leadership

Who has led Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Ray Connor2012–2016
  2. Kevin G. McAllister2016–2019
  3. Stanley A. Deal2019–now
200020052010201520202025

Products and brands

  • Boeing 737

Listed on Wikidata.1

Products

Model naming convention

For all models sold beginning with the Boeing 707 in 1957, except the Boeing 720, Boeing's naming system for commercial airliners has taken the form of 7X7 (X representing a number). All model designations from 707 through 787 have been assigned, leaving 797 as the only 7X7 model name not assigned to a product.

For models 707 to 777, the full model number consists of an airplane's model number, for example, 707 or 747, followed by a hyphen and three digits that represent the series within the model, for example, 707-320 or 747-400. In aviation circles, a more specific model designation is sometimes used where the last two digits of the series designator are replaced by the two-digit, alpha-numeric Boeing customer code, for example, 747-121, representing a 747-100 originally ordered by Pan American World Airways (Boeing customer code 21) or 737-7H4, representing a 737-700 originally ordered by Southwest Airlines (Boeing customer code H4). Codes do not change for aircraft transferred from one airline to another. Unlike other models, the 787 uses a single digit to designate the series, for example, 787-8. This convention was followed in the development of the newest version of the 747, the 747-8, along with the 737 MAX and 777X series.

Additional letters are sometimes appended to the model name as a suffix, including "ER" to designate an "extended range" version, such as the 777-300ER, or "LR" to designate a "long range" version, for example 777-200LR. Other suffix designators include "F" for "freighter" (747-400F), "C" for "convertible" aircraft that can be converted between a passenger, combi, and freighter configuration (727-100C), "SR" or "D" for "short range" and "domestic" (747-400D, 747SR), and "M" for "combi" aircraft that are configured to carry both passengers and freight at the same time (757-200M, 747-400M). Passenger aircraft that are originally manufactured as passenger aircraft and later converted to freighter configuration by Boeing carry the suffix "BCF" designating a Boeing converted freighter (747-400BCF). Aircraft that are not converted by Boeing instead carry the suffix "SF" for "Special Freighter"(777-300ERSF)

Orders and deliveries

The table below lists only airliners from the jet era.

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Data from Boeing through September 2025

Specialty and other aircraft

Airlines commonly order aircraft with special features or options, but Boeing builds certain models specifically for a particular customer.

The Boeing 707-138B was a shortened-fuselage, long-range model only sold to Qantas.

The Boeing 757-200M was a single-example model built for Royal Nepal Airlines (now called Nepal Airlines). This plane could be converted between passenger and freighter configuration. It was launched by Royal Nepal Airlines in 1986 and delivered two years later.

Boeing 747

The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

The Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter (now named the Dreamlifter) is a wide-body cargo aircraft.

The 747SP production resumed nearly four years after the supposedly final 747SP was built. It had a cockpit crew of two instead of the three-crew layout of other 747SPs.

Two Boeing VC-25s were built for the US Air Force as Presidential Air Force One transports. This model was a highly modified 747-200B.

Four Boeing 747-100SRs were built for Japan Airlines for a domestic flight service.

Nine Boeing 747-100Bs were built for Iran Air and Saudi Arabian Airlines, which had a stronger airframe and landing gear, as well as an increased fuel capacity.

Boeing was a consultant to Sukhoi on the Russian Regional Jet program that subsequently became the Sukhoi Superjet 100 twin-engine narrowbody airliner.

Concepts

Boeing 2707 – supersonic airliner, canceled

Boeing 7J7 – high-efficiency propfan airliner, canceled

Boeing 747-300 Trijet – high-efficiency trijet version of the Boeing 747-200, canceled

Boeing 777-100/777 trijet – the original proposed version of the Boeing 777

Boeing New Large Airplane – double-deck jumbo airliner, canceled

Boeing New Midsize Airplane – targeting the middle of the market segment

Boeing RC-1 – cargo aircraft, canceled

Boeing Sonic Cruiser – near-sonic airliner, canceled

Boeing Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) airplane that uses liquid hydrogen as fuel

Hypersonic Airliner Concept. Mach 5 speed

Boeing 747-500X, 747-600X, and 747-700X – longer range, and stretched 747 versions

Boeing X-66 – experimental Transonic Truss-Braced Wing airliner

Airfoils

Boeing 103 – used on Model 40 and F2B

Boeing 103A – used on F2B and F3B

Boeing 106 – used on Model 80, P-12, Monomail, Model 226

Boeing 106B – used on Model 95, Model 247D, and P-12

Boeing 106R – used on various Beriev models

Boeing 109 – used on Model 95 and P-26

Boeing 117 – used on XPBB, B-29 and derivatives (307, 367, 377), and all Aero Spacelines models. Tupolev Tu-4, Tu-70, Tu-75, and Tu-80.

Major facilities

Long Beach, California – Former McDonnell Douglas aircraft assembly, currently supports Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Seattle – Puget Sound region, Washington

Boeing Field, Seattle – Final delivery of 737, flight testing of all aircraft

Boeing Everett Factory, Everett, Washington – 737, 767 and 777 production and final assembly plant, largest building in the world

Boeing Renton Factory, Renton – 737 production and final assembly plant

Boeing South Carolina, North Charleston, South Carolina – 787 production and final assembly plant

Boeing Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma – military and civil production. Portions were spun off as Spirit AeroSystems before being reversed after 20 years.

Boeing Wichita, Wichita, Kansas – military and civil production. Portions were spun off as Spirit AeroSystems before being reversed after 20 years.

From Wikipedia’s article on Boeing Commercial Airplanes, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • Boeing Business Jet

From Wikidata.1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Boeing Commercial Airplanes revenue by year1$60.7B in 2018+2% since 2016
0$20.0B$40.0B$60.0B$80.0B2016: $59.4B$59.4B20162017: $58.0B$58.0B2017−2%2018: $60.7B$60.7B2018+5%
  • 2018$60.7B1
  • 2017$58.0B1
  • 2016$59.4B1

Timeline

  1. Oct 1, 2019New chief executive Stanley A. Deal becomes CEO1
  2. Nov 2016New chief executive Kevin G. McAllister becomes CEO1
  3. Jun 2012New chief executive Ray Connor becomes CEO1
  4. 1997Founded Founded1

Sources

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