Boeing lost orders in its commercial aircraft business for the first time in 30 years. For the full year of 2019, the aircraft manufacturer lost 87 orders – meaning the company received more cancellations than new purchases. CNBC reports. 

The order loss for Boeing shows how much of a negative impact the crisis-hit 737 Max model has had on the company, and a spokesman for the aircraft manufacturer said on Tuesday that he had not seen such a large drop in the number of new orders in "at least 30 years.". 

The negative figure is particularly painful for the company as Boeing's European rival Airbus registered 768 new aircraft orders during the full year last year.

The 737 Max has been grounded since mid-March last year, and the company's CEO Dave Calhoun states that getting the aircraft model back in the air is a priority.

”"We will make it happen, and we will get it done right," he wrote in an email to Boeing employees, CNBC reports. 

Whether the aircraft manufacturer will see a boost in orders to normal levels depends on when the crisis model is re-certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, the FAA. Dave Calhoun has not commented on when he thinks this will happen, but other airlines estimate that there is a reasonable chance that the latest updated 737 model will be put back into service as early as this spring.

Source: di.se