Including all models, Boeing delivered 348 jets in 2024, 11 jets short of estimates. Hitting fourth-quarter views might be tough.

Deliveries of new Boeing jets bounced back in December after a crippling labor strike that slowed production last fall, but the company's annual deliveries dropped in 2024 to the lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Year-end jet orders and deliveries figures released Tuesday by Boeing reveal how much Airbus dominated its crisis-ridden U.S. rival in 2024.

Boeing's 2024 deliveries fell by about a third from a year earlier to 348 airplanes. The company's delivery gap with rival Airbus widened as the European plane maker handed over 766 jetliners. Boeing struggled to ramp up production and deliveries due to a midair door plug blowout in January 2024 and then a machinist strike in the fall.

Boeing ended 2024 with 569 gross orders (317 net, 377 before accounting changes), compared to Airbus’ 878 gross orders (826 net). As of December 31, 2024, the US-based plane maker had 6,245 unfilled orders, presumably gross.

Key Takeaways Boeing was the worst-performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Tuesday after the company reported declining plane deliveries.The American plane maker's Q4 and 2024 delivery figures were well below those of European rival Airbus,