--- description: Find out why Boeing was selected for TIME‘s list of the most influential companies of 2026. title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2026: Boeing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb0f40267322d133/69d7db64320fd146f94d6ef4/time100-companies-2026-boeing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 30, 2026 # Boeing New heights by [Joe Mullich](/author/joe-mullich/) ## Joe Mullich Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  A Boeing 737 Max plane during final assembly at the company's factory in Renton, Wash., on Nov. 20, 2025. A Boeing 737 Max plane during final assembly at the company's factory in Renton, Wash., on Nov. 20, 2025.Grant Hindsley—The New York Times/Redux In 2025, aerospace giant Boeing outpaced arch-rival Airbus in orders for the first time in seven years. America's [top exporter](https://simpleflying.com/boeing-role-us-economy/ "undefined") by value, Boeing delivered roughly 600 jets and secured [commitments](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/13/boeing-orders-deliveries.html "undefined") from Air India, Air Cambodia, and Delta. The company had stumbled over years of deadly [crashes](https://www.npr.org/2025/11/07/nx-s1-5601593/boeing-737-max-crashes "undefined"), factory [strikes](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/boeing-factory-strike-ends-as-union-workers-vote-to-accept-contract "undefined"), and a mid-air panel [blowout](https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA24MA063.aspx "undefined"), but recently staged a fundamental operational [overhaul](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/business/boeing-737-max-factory.html "undefined"), with new leadership launching a "war on defects," while restructuring manufacturing protocols, safety inspections, and worker training. By October 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration had seen enough progress to [raise production caps](https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/boeing-plots-out-737-max-and-787-production-rate-jumps/165083.article "undefined") imposed after the panel blowout, reducing a major regulatory barrier to Boeing's recovery. With a massive backlog of over 5,900 aircraft [waiting](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/11/boeing-plane-deliveries-production-pace.html "undefined") to be built and delivered, Boeing returned to profitability in 2025 for the first time in seven years. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/boeing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/boeing/"},"headline":"Boeing","datePublished":"2026-04-30T13:24:53.835Z","dateModified":"2026-05-12T07:03:06.768Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/boeing/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies","franchise","list"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb0f40267322d133/69d7db64320fd146f94d6ef4/time100-companies-2026-boeing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joe Mullich","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joe-mullich/"}],"creator":"Joe Mullich","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb0f40267322d133/69d7db64320fd146f94d6ef4/time100-companies-2026-boeing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/boeing/","name":"Boeing"}}]}] ```