Cessna Aircraft will lay off another 1,300 people. The manufacturer of corporate jets has halved its workforce since the recession began. Eight hundred people will see pink slips by June 19th. It will furlough its remaining employees between June 22nd and July 17th. Then another 500 will get laid off. The firm is responding to order cancellations. It [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 30, 2009
Cessna Aircraft is closing an Oregon plant, and will lay off 1,600 workers across the firm. The company will be reducing production this year from 375 business jets to 325. The Cessna Aircraft Company is an airplane manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Their main products are general aviation aircraft. Although they are the most well-known for [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Edwards & Associates and its subsidiary, Aeronautical Accessories, laid off 50 employees, company spokeswoman Carolyn Ferrell said in a news release issued Monday. “We are sad to have to let people go,” Edwards & Associates President Greg Williams said in the release. “Today, Americans are in unprecedented times and our companies are no exception.” Edwards & Associates [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 27, 2009
The Cessna Aircraft Company has canceled both of its upcoming supplier symposiums and have handed out their supposedly last round of layoffs. Cessna spokesman Doug Oliver says the cancellations were another cost-saving measure in light of the current economic climate. “Like all the other companies, we feel that Cessna and our supplier base are looking for ways [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 29, 2009
Cessna Aircraft Company is located in Wichita, Kansas and manufactures freight and passenger aircrafts, as well as business jets and personal single engine planes. The company is owned by Textron Inc, who recently released a dismal fourth-quarter financial report. Amid declining revenues, Cessna has increased the number of jobs it plans to cut in 2009. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Textron will eliminate an additional 2,000 jobs by March at its Cessna subsidiary, the world’s largest manufacturer of business jets, as corporate customers cancel orders due to the economic meltdown and threats from Congress. Added to the 665 jobs already cut this month, the Wichita, Kansas-based Cessna is now slashing its workforce of 15,500 by about [...]
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Friday, June 12, 2009
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