Takeoff: Boeing to move 787 production to South Carolina in 2021
Al JazeeraBoeing Co will move the rest of its 787 Dreamliner production to the US state of South Carolina in 2021, a cost-cutting strategy that raises questions over the future of its giant plant north of Seattle, Washington state. As recently as last year, Boeing was making record numbers of 787s at its Everett widebody hub north of Seattle and – since 2012 – at the second plant in North Charleston, South Carolina. Boeing also said 787 production would continue at the Everett site until a previously-announced rate cut to six aeroplanes a month in 2021. A review of its 787 production strategy, announced in July along with sweeping rate cuts across its widebody programmes, had already rattled unions and politicians in Washington state, who see Boeing wavering on its commitment to its Seattle-area birthplace, something the company denies.
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