Deliveries of commercial aircraft by the Boeing Co. declined in the first quarter when compared to 2016, the second straight year of such a year-over year drop.
Boeing (NYSE: BA) reported on Thursday 169 deliveries for the first three months of the year, down from the 176 it delivered in the first quarter of 2016.
In the first quarter of 2015, Boeing delivered 184 commercial aircraft.
The decline in the latest quarter came from a drop of deliveries of its 737 narrow-body passenger jet, which fell…