=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SF Gate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/news/archive/2003/10/02/f= inancial1639EDT0218.DTL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, October 2, 2003 (AP) Boeing delivers 65 planes in quarter, down from last year (10-02) 13:39 PDT CHICAGO (AP) -- Boeing Co. delivered 65 commercial airplanes in the third quarter, off 9 percent from a year ago but roughly on pace to meet its latest full-year projection, the aerospace manufacturer said Thursday. Boeing said the deliveries pushed its total for the first nine months of 2003 to 210. The company has said it anticipates delivering 275 to 290 planes for the year, a significant drop from 381 last year and 527 in 2001 when the terrorist attacks sent the airline industry into a crippling slump. Chicago-based Boeing is expected to be displaced by Airbus as the world's largest commercial jet manufacturer when full-year figures are in. Its defense and space unit is on a pace to easily surpass the Seattle-based airplane division as the company's No. 1 revenue-generating unit this year. Boeing's deliveries for July through September included 41 of its top-selling jet, the single-aisle 737; eight twin-aisle 777s; five 767s, four each of 757s and 747s; and three 717s. A year ago, Boeing delivered 73 commercial aircraft in the third quarter. Defense-unit sales included 14 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jets. Boeing shares fell 1 cent to $35.33 in trading on the New York Stock Exchange. On the Net: www.boeing.com =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2003 AP