Boeing pauses production to focus on safety, quality and training
Since January, more than 70,000 Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) employees across the company have paused production and delivery activities for a day to focus on ways to improve safety and quality. “When we find issues, we go as far as standing down a team to make sure that everybody on the team or everybody in the area is aware of the issue. It’s not meant to be punitive, and we share the information across the programs, from...
Britten-Norman Aircraft Ltd saved from administration
British aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman has been bought out of administration by a company named Shelton Bidco Ltd, resulting in a working capital injection into the business and support to ramp up production of its iconic Islander aircraft. The five companies connected to Britten-Norman – B-N Group Ltd, Britten-Norman Ltd, Britten Norman Aircraft Ltd, BN Defence Ltd and BN Daedalus Ltd – were all placed into administration on 21...