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The company’s key products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles, and wing components. Bombardier, which announced around 600 job losses earlier this month, has suffered another setback after the move by Airbus to use a product made by Collins Aerospace. BOMBARDIER’S business in Northern Ireland reported a pre-tax loss of $30.7 million (£23.8m) in 2019, despite tripling wing production. Meanwhile, Co Tyrone firm Mallaghan Engineering, which makes equipment for airports and airlines, is the latest big employer to confirm jobs will be cut due to a fall in demand. Morocco’s aviation industry earned more than $1 billion in the first 11 months of 2017 compared to $870 billion in 2016, according to statistics from Morocco’s foreign exchange office in 2018.

Last year, the Canadian aerospace giant announced plans to redirect its focus on private jets and trains.

A 'significant' fire broke out at the east Belfast site, with fire crews expected there most of the night. “The proceeds from this transaction and from the pending sale of Bombardier Transportation strengthen our liquidity and position us to begin reshaping our capital structure and address our balance sheet challenges so that we can achieve the full potential of our incredibly talented employees and our industry leading business jet portfolio,” the CEO of the company said. As well, the deal includes Spirit’s “assumption of liabilities, including government refundable advances and pension obligations, valued at $824 million.”. More than 600 jobs are set to be lost at Bombardier’s aircraft manufacturing plant in Belfast amid the severe downturn in the aviation industry. Sign up to the best of our news, informed analysis and opinions on what matters to you. The aviation industry is one of Morocco’s key economic pillars. It has around 450 people between its HQ near Dungannon and another operation in Atlanta. He said the aviation industry may not return to pre-Covid-19 levels until 2023/24.

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... Morocco World News is dedicated to bringing the news … Email. Thanks for subscribing! Sections, Margaret Canning Twitter "As a consequence, Airbus has decided it will stop the marketing, development and manufacturing of its own nacelle to concentrate its efforts on the current existing nacelle.

A spokesman for the airline told the Belfast Telegraph: "We placed this order for 32 buses last year, which they continue to produce.".

Airbus told the Belfast Telegraph that the "unprecedented" Covid-19 crisis had forced it to revisit all product development to protect cash.

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It's understood Bombardier had regarded the work on the nacelles of the A320neo jet as an important source of revenue in the future. The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice Spirit AeroSystems Holdings has … Viewpoint. Spirit Aerosystems announced a bid to purchase Bombardier’s facilities in Ireland and Morocco last year.

Bombardier said: "We are extremely disappointed by Airbus' decision to stop this programme. Spirit is one of the largest suppliers for Boeing aircraft. Bombardier, which has a major operation in east Belfast, also makes the wings of the Airbus A220, though that work is not affected. This month it said the global downturn in aviation following Covid-19 and lockdown was to blame for its move to cut up to 600 of its 3,500 staff.

Three years ago, it was estimated that employee wages put £158m into the economy and no doubt that figure has increased in the interim.

Bombardier CEO and President Eric Martel expressed satisfaction with the deal, saying it marks another milestone for the company. Morocco World News is dedicated to bringing the news of Morocco and the MENA region to a wide audience without bias or a political agenda.

"We were still in the development phase of this programme in Belfast and no production was planned until 2022.".

The US company also provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul services.

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Editor's Viewpoint Opinion Key industries can't be allowed to wither .

It's not clear whether the move will affect jobs at Bombardier.

Bombardier said it has entered into an amended deal to sell its aeronautics facilities in Belfast and Casablanca to Spirit AeroSystems . The Government's job retention scheme runs out in October, meaning firms which relied on it to keep staff in place now have to decide whether or not to maintain the same numbers.

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