Bankstown. 777 rudder production at airport

Boeing Australia will move rudder production for 777 aircraft from Melbourne to its Hawker de Havilland plant, at Bankstown Airport, following the company’s decision to retrench about 550 jobs, at its Port Melbourne plant, within 18 months. “Because the (Bankstown) plant has not been operating at capacity, there will only be a very small number of jobs moving there,” the company said. Boeing’s major NSW business interest is the Hawker de Havilland plant, which produces components for a number of aerospace manufacturers, including Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin and Bombardier. Boeing has an overall investment of more than $800 million, employing nearly 4000 people at 28 sites around Australia,