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a rapid pace within the Aviation Industry as aircraft manufacturers and co better understand
how the industry is moving and how they will be able to handle the future. The Boeing 787
is today's focus, specifically centering around their proud tin which will be undergoing a major
change by mid-2021, although this is subject to change and the company's best estimate.
Boeing has confirmed reports and announced themselves after lots of speculation for
many months stretching back to predictions from The Air Current back in early 2020
that it will be shutting down production of its 787 Dreamliner in the Everett faculty
and therefore consolidating it to Charleston S.C. It’s a decision which Boeing has said is necessary
given the way the global pandemic has swept through the world and the impact especially on
wide-body aircraft in the future. In doing this is likely to see the removal of a further 1,000 jobs.
However, the impact can stretch further than just at Boeing with also suppliers in
specific locations either having to adjust their operations and or lay off staff of their own.
The Boeing President and CEO Stan Deal said As our customers manage through the
unprecedented global pandemic, to ensure the long-term success of the 787 programs,
we are consolidating 787 productions in South Carolina, Adding Our team in Puget Sound will
continue to focus on efficiently building our 737, 747, 767 and 777 airplane families, and both sites
will drive Boeing initiatives to further enhance safety, quality, and operational excellence.
With Boeing closing up 787 productions in Everrett it means a 13 year run of building the 787-8 and
787-9 there comes to a close. The facility which is located in North Charleston was only activated
some 3 years later, in 2010, and is actually able to build the largest model in the series
which is the 787-10. Back in July though Boeing noted that it would conduct a feasibility study
to determine whether or not consolidating the 787 programs to one location
would be beneficial moving forward. From this feasibility study, they determined that they
were indeed able to do so and hence why in the past 24 hours we received the announcement.
Stan Deal believes that by moving and consolidating the production to one location
moving forward In these challenging times Boeing will be even more competitive in the sector.
Production rates for the 787 will drop to 6 per month next year. Again monthly production
rates have also been something that’s been dropping fairly drastically over the years with
airlines looking at adjusting their deliveries for wide-body jets, especially now more so than ever.