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Published: 20 January 2025

The cuts in all amount to around 5% of its defense and space division workforce and will predominately take place in Germany, France and the U.K.

Airbus said it would push ahead with plans to cut around 2,000 positions at its embattled defense and space division, targeting mostly management support roles as it seeks to rein in costs.

The European aircraft maker on Thursday said it would cut 2,043 jobs, around 5% of the division’s workforce, fewer than the up to 2,500 positions Airbus had initially sought to eliminate two months ago.

Airbus’s defense and space division, responsible for making satellites, spacecraft, jet fighters and drones, has been navigating a challenging few months lately.

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Published: 13 January 2025

Long-delayed upgrade had been one of Trump’s pet projects

President-elect Donald Trump didn’t get to fly on a new Air Force One during his first term. He likely won’t get to fly on a new presidential plane in his second term, either.

The long-delayed project has fallen so far behind schedule that Boeing has told the Air Force that it expects to deliver the new jets after Trump leaves the White House, according to people familiar with the matter. That means the airplanes wouldn’t be ready until 2029 or later.

Frustrated with the delays, Trump raised the project with Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg when the two men spoke by phone in November. As he prepares to return to the White House, Trump has repeatedly asked advisers about the status of Boeing’s work.

Boeing used to be a great American company, he has told aides, according to people briefed on the discussions. What happened to them? Trump

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Published: 06 January 2025

Boeing Outlines Steps Taken to Address Manufacturing Issues

Boeing is conducting more surprise inspections at its factories as part of a plan to prevent manufacturing faults like the one that led to a jet panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight a year ago. The jet maker today outlined more than a dozen steps it's taken in recent months to tackle a manufacturing quality crisis that had forced the company to slow production and placed it under regulatory scrutiny. Some of those steps have been previously reported.

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Published: 03 January 2025

Jet maker outlines moves taken to address concerns about production problems, a year after Alaska Airlines incident

Boeing is conducting more surprise inspections at its factories as part of a broader plan to prevent manufacturing snafus like the one that led to a jet-panel blowout on an Alaska Air flight a year ago.

The jet maker outlined on Friday more than a dozen steps it has taken in recent months to tackle a manufacturing quality crisis that has forced Boeing to slow production and has put it under the microscope of federal regulators. Some of the steps have been previously reported.

Boeing restarted production at its 737 factory in December after a machinists strike stopped work for several months. The company is still producing far fewer 737 MAXs per month than it was in the months before the Alaska Airlines accident.

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