Hawker Beechcraft plans to lay off 500
Hawker Beechcraft will cut 5 percent of its work force as it faces "serious challenges" from an "unprecedented worldwide economic decline," its top executive said Monday in a letter to employees.
Hawker Beechcraft will cut 5 percent of its work force as it faces "serious challenges" from an "unprecedented worldwide economic decline," its top executive said Monday in a letter to employees.
An eight-week strike that idled Boeing Co.' s commercial airplane plants during a period of peak production may have delayed the delivery of as many as 80 planes, analysts said Monday.
Many Machinists union members voting on Boeing's offer of a new four-year contract Saturday in Wichita said they thought the vote would be close.
Like most fathers, John Messman had his plans for his two sons. Go to college; turn the degree into a high-paying job. Except that's not how it has worked out.
Today is decision day for Boeing Machinists. The union will vote on whether to accept the company's offer of a four-year agreement to end its strike, which is in its 57th day. Union leaders unanimously recommend ratification of the contract. | Watch for updates today at Kansas.com
The next new Boeing Co. airplanes will be designed, developed and produced with less reliance on outsourcing than the long-delayed 787 passenger jet, a key executive says.
Leaders of Boeing Co.'s striking Machinists union on Thursday published details of a contract offer it says protects more than 5,000 factory jobs, as workers expressed mixed opinions about the tentative deal. | Get updates on the Machinists vote Saturday at Kansas.com
Average air fares on domestic routes have reached their highest level in the 13 years they've been tracked by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the DOT said Wednesday.
The effects of the Machinists strike at Boeing will linger at Spirit AeroSystems for about three months after the walkout concludes.
About 80 people came to Cessna Aircraft's customer service center Wednesday to mark the groundbreaking for the company's Citation Columbus plant.
Members of the Machinists union at Boeing will vote Saturday on whether to accept Boeing's contract offer and end a strike that has spanned nearly two months.
After five days of mediated talks, Boeing and the Machinists union have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract. It's now up to Machinists union members to decide whether to accept the offer when they vote on the contract. Details of the vote are not yet known.
Negotiations between Boeing and a union that represents about 21,000 technical and professional workers and engineers, mostly in Seattle, begin today.
Leaders from Boeing and the Machinists union met through the weekend in an attempt to settle the Machinists strike that began Sept. 6.