Boeing has announced that it will cut 17,000 jobs due to the difficult situation

Boeing plans to cut 10% of its workforce, that is, about 17,000 workers, the company's CEO Kelly Ortberg announced on Friday.

This is reported by Ukrinform with reference to The Hill.

"Our business is in a difficult situation, and it is difficult to overestimate the challenges we are facing", – Ortberg said.

He also announced that deliveries of 777X aircraft will be delayed until 2026, and production of 767 Freighters will be discontinued in 2027.

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According to the CEO, "the recovery of the company “requires difficult decisions” and will have to make structural changes “to ensure competitiveness and a long-term perspective for customers”. after nearly four weeks of strike.

About 33,000 workers left it in mid-September. According to consulting firm Anderson Economic Group, as of September 27, the strike had cost the company, workers and suppliers a total of $1.4 billion.

Boeing says the union made “non-negotiable demands and significantly exceed what can be accepted if we want to remain a competitive business.