Canada’s Bombardier to cut 2,500 jobs

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Canada’s Bombardier to cut 2,500 jobs
Aircraft manufacturer Bombardier is slashing 10% of its global workforce, with the cuts to be carried out throughout 2020

MONTREAL, Canada – Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier announced on Friday, June 5, it will eliminate 2,500 jobs this year – 10% of its global workforce – citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on demand for its business jets.

“With business jet deliveries, industry-wide, forecasted to be down approximately 30% year-over-year due to the pandemic, Bombardier must adjust its operations and workforce to ensure that it emerges from the current crisis on solid footing,” it said in a statement.

The cuts will affect mostly its Canadian operations and be carried out throughout the year.

Bombardier has undergone a painful restructuring over the last 5 years, selling off its trains and commercial aviation divisions.

The company that started out 80 years ago making snowmobiles was left with only one division, focused on the market for business jets.

Last month, it reported a US$200-million 1st quarter loss, due in part to authorities ordering a COVID-19 shutdown of its assembly lines– Rappler.com

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