American aircraft giant Boeing's financial results last year were in the red for the fourth consecutive year since 2019 due to problems with the quality of the 787 aircraft and an increase in costs in the defense-related business.
According to Boeing's announcement on the 25th, sales increased by 7% from the previous year to 66.608 billion dollars, and the final profit and loss was 5.053 billion dollars, a deficit of about 650 billion yen in Japanese yen.
While the delivery of commercial aircraft increased due to the recovery of aviation demand, the FAA = United States Federal Aviation Administration pointed out that the 787 aircraft had quality issues, and in addition to this, delivery was temporarily suspended and repair costs were incurred. This was mainly due to an increase in procurement costs in the defense-related business.
Boeing's Calhoun CEO explained, ``There are still challenges, but we are in a good position to restore business and financial strength, and we are on the right path,'' and the focus is on whether management can be rebuilt. It has become.