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.
It includes the assets of the Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation, which merged with Boeing in 1997. As of the end of 2021, BCA employed about 35,926 people.
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Organization
Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is organized as:
Airplane Programs
Boeing Renton Factory – 737
Boeing Everett Factory – 767 and 777
Boeing South Carolina – 787
Fabrication Division
Global Partners
Propulsion Systems
Commercial Aviation Services
BCA subsidiaries:
Aeroinfo Systems
Aviall
Aviation Partners Boeing, a 50/50 joint venture with Aviation Partners Inc.
Boeing Canada
Boeing Capital
Boeing Training & Flight Services (was Alteon Training)
CDG
Preston Aviation Solutions
Management
In November 2016, Boeing announced that Ray Conner would step down immediately as BCA's president and CEO. He was succeeded by Kevin G. McAllister, who was the first outside recruitment in BCA history. McAllister was instructed by Dennis Muilenburg to triple revenue from aftermarket services from $15 billion to a target of $50 billion over 10 years, with a new purpose-built unit headed by Stan Deal. Keith Leverkuhn was the vice president and general manager of the 737 MAX program in March 2017 when it received certification.
McAllister was eventually ousted by Boeing in October 2019, in the midst of a company crisis following two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX jets. Stan Deal succeeded him in both of his positions. One insider called McAllister a "scapegoat" as he had only joined BCA during the later stages of the 737 MAX's development. In March 2024, Deal was in turn replaced by Stephanie Pope, formerly head of the Boeing Global Services division.
In December 2024, Boeing announced that it would be laying off over 500 workers in California due to over $6 billion in losses during the third quarter of 2024 caused by worker strikes and other delays.
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.
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.