Boeing to Close Arkansas Repair Facility

Boeing Co. said Thursday it will close a repair facility in Melbourne by the end of June and attempt to find jobs for its 103 workers at other Boeing operations.

The Federal Aviation Administration repair station for MD and 700 series doors and flight controls opened in 1966 as part of Douglas Aircraft and was taken over by Boeing in 1997 in the merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas Corp.

The company told workers Thursday the cuts are necessary because there is not enough work to maintain staffing levels, a key contract supporting the U.S. Navy's E-6 Program has expired and potential for future business is limited.

Melbourne's remaining work would be transferred to the Boeing Commercial Airplanes Salt Lake City facility.

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