Boeing had paused deliveries of the plane briefly last year and again in May.
Quality concerns have dogged the Dreamliner for more than a year. “Our commercial market is showing improved signs of recovery with vaccine distribution and border protocols beginning to open,” David Calhoun, Boeing’s chief executive, said in a letter to employees. Boeing earned $15.3 billion in revenue in the quarter, up about 8 percent from the same period last year and just below analyst expectations. The company provided the estimate as part of its third-quarter earnings report, which showed that Boeing lost $132 million in the three months ending in September, a loss of 19 cents per share.
Boeing said Wednesday that delays in making and delivering its troubled 787 Dreamliner jet will cost the company about $1 billion, weighing the company down even as it benefits from a broad travel resurgence.
