Boeing begins the week with a layoff in which 6.770 employees will lose their jobs, reports CNBC Wednesday on the basis of internal communication of the aircraft. The sector is currently being hit hard by the coronapandemie.

The vliegtuigmaker, announced in april, to having to say goodbye to 10% of the total of around 160,000 employees. That would have been both “voluntary event” to happen. That is, in accordance with Boeing is required, as demand for aircraft declined sharply since the end of the COVID-19.

in the Meantime, 5.520, U.s. employees who voluntarily left the reporting of the company on Wednesday. The announced layoff is the beginning of the involuntary layoffs,” notes the CEO, Dave Calhoun, in a message to employees. The first of more than six thousand employees this week, to be told that they will lose their jobs.

Boeing, in 2019 is difficult because of the 737 MAX aircraft on the ground, to be held in two fatal crashes, which are close to each other, though. This type of aircraft is still being used.