Boeing says geopolitical concerns forced downgrade of jet orders

EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing says global geopolitical concerns are a big reason why it is dropping more than 100 planes from its backlog of pending orders.

The company says it has cut its backlog by 141 planes and about two-thirds of those are for what it termed geopolitical considerations including sanctions.

The United States and allies have imposed broad sanctions on Russia since it invaded Ukraine, including a ban on aircraft sales to Russia.

Boeing didn’t give details but the company previously indicated that it had undelivered orders for 34 planes with two Russian carriers and seven with SkyUp Airlines of Ukraine.

Last week, Boeing’s European rival, Airbus, said it canceled an Aeroflot order for two planes.

Airbus still has an Aeroflot order for 13 planes and 14 planes for Russia’s Ilyushin Finance in its backlog.