(Reuters) – Boeing announced on Friday the elimination of 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, and the postponement of the first deliveries of its 777X for a year, citing financial difficulties linked to the strike by employees at its factories. assembly from the west coast of the United States.
The aircraft manufacturer, which will publish its third quarter results on October 23, also reported substantial losses in its defense activities.
In a message to employees, the group’s chief executive, Robert Kelly Ortberg, said Boeing needed to align its workforce levels “with financial realities.”
The strike of some 30,000 Boeing employees on West Coast sites, launched in September in support of wage demands, is blocking production of the 737 MAX, 767 and 777.
“Over the coming months, we plan to reduce the size of our total workforce by approximately 10%. These reductions will affect management, managers and employees,” specifies Kelly Ortberg in her message.
The group also postponed the delivery of its first 777X until 2026, whose development program was delayed by certification problems.
Boeing, a global aircraft manufacturing giant with Airbus, has been mired in a reputational and safety crisis since an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 lost a door in mid-flight last January.
The stock lost 2.3% in after-hours trading on Wall Street.
(Allison Lampert, David Shepardson, Jean-Stéphane Brosse for the )
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