Boeing stock price slides despite Air India 737 MAX order as cash-flow test returns
Boeing shares fell 2.2% to $236.34 by midday Thursday, erasing earlier gains despite Air India’s order for 30 more 737 MAX jets. Boeing’s fourth-quarter profit reached $8.22 billion, driven by a $9.6 billion asset sale, but commercial airplanes posted a $632 million operating loss. The company’s full-year free cash flow was negative $1.9 billion. Air India’s new 787-9 will begin Mumbai-Frankfurt flights Feb. 1.