EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts, with a focus on Everett.
Several thousand more jobs are expected to be cut over the next few months as the aircraft deals with a downturn in travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The company says it will lay off 6,770 U.S. workers this week, and another 5,520 employees are taking buyouts.
Boeing had already said it would cut 10% of a workforce that numbered about 160,000.
The now Chicago-based company says its defense business is stable and will help blunt the impact of falling demand for passenger jets.