New Delhi, July 29 -- a $280 million charge from the presidential aircraft contract set against what would otherwise have been a more compelling recovery quarter. Boeing's Q2 2026 earnings disclosure showed the company generated $631 million in free cash flow during the period and brought in $24.6 billion in revenue, both representing meaningful progress from a company that has spent the better part of three years clawing back from production crises.

Revenue of $24.6 billion for the second quarter exceeded analyst estimates, and the return to positive free cash flow marks the first time in several quarters that Boeing has been cash-generative, a metric its leadership has described as the central measure of its recovery. The commercial ai...