Commercial Airplanes second quarter revenue of $10.9 billion and operating margin of (5.1) percent primarily reflect higher deliveries. The 737 program increased the production rate to 38 per month in the quarter and plans to stabilize at that rate before requesting approval to increase to 42 per month later this year. The 787 program production rate is now at seven per month. Commercial Airplanes booked 455 net orders in the quarter, including 120 787 and 30 777-9 airplanes for Qatar Airways and 32 787-10 airplanes for British Airways. Commercial Airplanes delivered 150 airplanes during the quarter, and backlog included over 5,900 airplanes valued at $522 billion.
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