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    Boeing to close Wichita facility by end of 2013

    WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Boeing Co. has told its employees that it plans to close its massive defense plant in Wichita by the end of 2013 in a bid to cut costs in a tight market for defense spending.

    Wednesday's announcement means the loss of 2,100 well-paying jobs at its Kansas facility, which was once considered the centerpiece of Wichita's claim as the air capital of the world.

    It also dashes hopes for an additional 7,500 direct and indirect jobs that the company once promised to bring to Wichita with the Air Force air refueling tanker contract.

    The work will move to Boeing facilities in Texas, Oklahoma and Washington.

    Job reductions at the Wichita facility are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2012.

     

    23 comments

    • Tony D  •  4 mths ago
      Put them to work building Dreamliners. There's a huge demand for those. If they stop subcontracting all the parts out overseas, they could keep two Wichita size plants busy. Take care of our own workers first!
      • Sabretooth 4 mths ago
        @Tony D. Boeing moved it's commercial business out of Wichita years ago.
    • Army Vet  •  El Paso, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      Blame Bush until things turn around. Then its Obama's doing, lol lol. I do not like politicians!
    • TTown  •  4 mths ago
      Sad, end of an era.
    • a  •  Corpus Christi, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      they are just busting unions !!
      • B 4 mths ago
        Because union wages are too high!! Shareholders have the right to earn a return on their investment. Stop complaining and start investing.
      • a 4 mths ago
        how am I to earn money to invest if my standard of wages decrease when they relocate my job else where to a state where the company can tramp out each individual because they aren't united? And while we are at it if they did this to make it cheaper then its only a matter of time before they ship them overseas.
      • Valley Boy 4 mths ago
        Both of you, get the facts first.

        Kansas is a "right to work" state, not a union state. The jobs will be transferred to Seattle in a union state, not a right to work state.

        The jobs will be transferred from a low wage right to work state to a high wage union state.

        Talk about something else.
    • Xena  •  4 mths ago
      Boeing has to move to a place where they can make money.. even if it is overseas. They have a LEGAL obligation to the shareholders. Who wants to buy a stock that loses money?
      • gavon 4 mths ago
        What about their employees?
      • Xena 4 mths ago
        Gavon.. They need to appeal to the legislators of the state to make their state more business friendly. Otherwise, there will be very few jobs there.
    • v007x  •  4 mths ago
      Your American Job Creators doing what they do best...closing operations.
      • A Yahoo User 4 mths ago
        Precisely!!
      • moira 4 mths ago
        theyre moving, not closing. is what the article says, its a really short article to get that wrong.
      • Cartigan 4 mths ago
        So they are moving all those workers with the jobs? No? Then they are closing operations.
    • v s  •  Overton, Nevada  •  4 mths ago
      boeing needs to pack up and move to china.the dam unions are the problem.
      • Sabretooth 4 mths ago
        In Right-to-work, Republican controlled Kansas? Seriously?
    • nunya  •  Wichita, Kansas  •  4 mths ago
      Kansans (even politicians) worked their butts off to help Boeing fight to get the Air force Tanker contract after all the scandal with the bids from their (European) competitor. Time & again Boeing PROMISED that the finishing work for the tankers would "Absolutely" be done in Wichita when/if they got the contract. That was less than 1 year ago. Thanks again to another company keeping their promise. No politicians involved in this move, solely the act of another company ONLY doing what is in the best interest of the fat cats, not the little people. At least it looks like they're not sending the work overseas...how reassuring...
    • gavon  •  4 mths ago
      More Americans out of Work, thanks to Obamonomics.
    • David  •  4 mths ago
      All of you that have been screaming we need to cut the defense spending, here is but one of the many ripples that those cuts will create.....
    • DRR  •  Columbia, South Carolina  •  4 mths ago
      Come on down to SC BOEING!! We are a RIGHT TO WORK state and have plenty of land & low taxes for your wonderful company to expand - with never having the fear of a labor union!!
    • cntrlfrk1986  •  4 mths ago
      '
      Another success story for Obama's War on Prosperity!
    • Horus was plagiarized  •  Kansas City, Missouri  •  4 mths ago
      Just the same old gop joksters, cut govt spending, just not any military spending or anything that may effect a republican state...hypocrites!!! maybe if there were more taxes being paid we could afford to police the world!!
    • A Yahoo User  •  4 mths ago
      The heroic job-creators just destroyed 9,600 jobs.
    • Northwest  •  Winter Park, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      The Jobs will move to South Carolina because they have no Minimum Wage or Unions and no retirement plan , "F" BOEING !!!!!
    • Xena  •  4 mths ago
      The GOP is giving the dumbo-crats what they asked for.. no wars = low defense spending; you want your unions = send the jobs to china; you want the rich to take care of you = hide the money overseas. The rich wont run out of money to spend but the dumbo-crats will run out of food when the rich no longer keep the money here.
    • HughP  •  4 mths ago
      Thanks for the 3.8 Billion Missile Defense Contract USA, we are now going to cut 2,100 jobs in appreciation of your support.
    • Shoe  •  Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  •  4 mths ago
      NEWS -. BANK RUN -TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.CARIBBEAN. WEST INDIES, REPUBLIC , ROYAL , FIRST CITIZEN and SCOTIABANK . Customers are simultaneously closing their accounts fearing imminent bankruptcy and insolvency. Already failed in the same countries two large financial corporations CLICO and HCU. [ Global News Network ]
    • RA  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  4 mths ago
      Typical Boeing crap. They are all about their stock price, and don't care about their people. Just think your defense and congressional higher ups gifted them a new Tanker contract worth billions. They were 3 years and billions of $$ behind on the 787 development. This one smells really Bad!! Sorry for the hardworking folks in Wichita and elsewhere that have supported them.
    • A Yahoo User  •  4 mths ago
      GIT A JOB YOU BUMS - Signed, The GOP
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