A review of August 2011

August 2011 orders: 100
Total orders to the end of August 2011: 9094
August 2011 deliveries: 39
Total deliveries to the end of August 2011: 6887
Change in backlog for August 2011: +61
Backlog as of the end of August 2011: 2207


August saw a major order from Delta Air Lines for 100 737-900ERs. However, the biggest news was the launch of the 737 MAX, the re-engine of the 737-700, -800 and -900ER with CFM LEAP-1B engines. Boeing claims commitments for 496 aircraft from five airlines. As yet, none of these commitments has been logged as a firm order, however it is not likely to be long before this happens. 14 previously unidentified orders for 737-800s were identified as belonging to Air Lease Corporation, and a number of 737s were delivered to Chinese airlines which had previously be listed as unidentified: 1 737-700 for China Eastern, 1 737-800 for Hainan Airlines, 1 737-800 for Shandong Airlines, 1 737-800 for Shanghai Airlines and 2 737-800s for Shenzhen Airlines. GECAS changed one order for a 737-800 to a 737-700, and Turkmenistan Airlines changed two orders for 737-900ERs to 737-800s.


Deliveries for August


Air Berlin (Germany) - 2x 737-800
Air China (China) - 2x 737-800
American Airlines (USA) - 3x 737-800
Aviation Capital Group (USA) - 1x 737-800
BLF Ltd (Russian Federation) - 2x 737-800
BOC Aviation (Singapore) - 1x 737-800
Boeing Business Jet (USA) - 1x 737-700BBJ
China Eastern (China) - 1x 737-700
China Southern Airlines (China) - 1x 737-700
CIT Leasing Corporation (USA) - 1x 737-700
Continental Airlines (USA) - 1x 737-800
COPA Airlines (Panama) - 1x 737-800
flydubai (UAE) - 1x 737-800
GECAS (USA) - 2x 737-800
GOL Airlines (Brazil) - 2x 737-800
Hainan Airlines (China) - 1x 737-800
Lion Air (Indonesia) - 1x 737-900ER
Malaysia Airlines (Malaysia) - 1x 737-800
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (Norway) - 1x 737-800
Qantas (Australia) - 2x 737-800
RwandAir (Rwanda) - 1x 737-800
Shandong Airlines (China) - 1x 737-800
Shanghai Airlines (China) - 1x 737-800
Shenzhen Airlines (China) - 2x 737-800
Southwest Airlines (USA) - 2x 737-700
Tassili Airlines (Algeria) - 1x 737-800
Virgin Australia Airlines (Australia) - 1x 737-800
Xiamen Airlines (China) - 2x 737-700


Deliveries for August by model:
737-700: 7 + 1BBJ
737-800: 30
737-900ER: 1