Asian crisis prompts Boeing to slow production

1998-06-17T00:00:00

Boeing has confirmed that production of the 747 and 777 will slow next year in response to the economic downturn in Asia. The expected axing of some 12,000 jobs is also beginning as the company overcomes the worst of its fraught production ramp-up.

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