--- title: "Boeing Hasn’t Sold a Single 737 Max for Two Entire Months" description: "Boeing's sales have slumped in a huge way this year — and for two months straight, nobody has purchased a single 737. " date: "2024-06-14" modified: "2024-06-14" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/boeing-737-sales-drop" categories: - "Boeing" - "Future Society" - "Space" tags: - "#airlines" - "boeing" - "planes" - "the digest" --- # Boeing Hasn’t Sold a Single 737 Max for Two Entire Months ![Boeing's sales have slumped in a huge way this year — and for two months straight, nobody has purchased a single 737. ]() *\Image: Kevin Carter via Getty / Futurism\* ## Bottom of Everything Boeing's [sales have slumped]() in a huge way this year. In fact, for two months straight, nobody has purchased a single 737 Max. As the [*Associated Press* reports,]() Boeing has not only failed to sell any of its latest-generation 737 over the past two months as consumers and airlines grow [more and more concerned]() about [whether its planes are safe]() after that [Alaska Airlines door plug blowout](), but it also only sold three other planes total last month. Though it had received four orders in May, Aeroleneas Argentina canceled its order for a single Max 737 jet, bringing the net sales down to three. April was almost as bad, the *AP* notes, with Boeing netting only seven sales the entire month, zero of which were for the latest generation of 737. ## Wheeling and Dealing Boeing is apparently hopeful that the slow sales drip is due to buyers preparing to open their pursestrings at next month's Farnborough International Airshow, an aerospace industry event that typically sees many deals between manufacturers and airlines getting inked. The slowdown could well be due to the [Federal Aviation Administration capping 737 production]() after the January Alaska Airlines incident. In its wake, the publicity surrounding other [flight and equipment incidents]() has been heightened, adding more fuel to the fire. The [mysterious deaths of two Boeing whistleblowers]() and [Congressional testimony from others]() have also cast a major pall over the world's [second-largest plane manufacturer](). Between the [record sales plummet]() that began in 2019, [ensuing investigations]() from these safety incidents, and its [CEO being tapped to testify]() before Congress later this month, things seem to be getting worse and worse for the company — but that hasn't apparently harmed its existing orders. As the *AP* notes, Boeing still has a backlog of more than 5,600 plane orders. Last month, it delivered 27 jetliners, including 19 Max jets. All told, it's likely that Boeing is going to weather this storm — but with how bad the press has been, it's unclear when consumers will fully regain trust in the industry leader. **More on company trouble:** [*Boeing Starliner Stuck on Space Station as More Leaks Discovered*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()