SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co ( BA.N) is favoring a temporary work blockage at its twin-aisle jetliner factories due to the spread of coronavirus, people acquainted with the matter said on Thursday, echoing a similar move by European competing Plane SE ( AIR.PA).
The U.S. planemaker has actually not made a final decision on the timing and period of a prospective work interruption as it weighs health assistance and broader effects to its supply chain.
Boeing would use a stoppage of a few days to carry out a deep clean of its Washington state and South Carolina twin-aisle factories, however appears broadly devoted in the meantime to keeping assembly line pursuing the suspension, the people said.
A Boeing representative declined to comment.
The fast-spreading coronavirus has disrupted life throughout the United States, hammering the economy and virtually eliminating flight demand.
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