Engineering news
Boeing has appointed Kevin G. McAllister as president and chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, succeeding Ray Conner.
The company also named Stanley A. Deal as president and chief executive of Boeing Global Services, a new business unit to be formed from the customer services groups within the company's existing commercial airplanes and defence, space and security business units.
McAllister joined Boeing after 27 years at GE Aviation, while Deal has three decades of experience at Boeing.
Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and chief executive, said: "With Ray Conner's retirement timeline in sight and an expanding global services market to pursue, these moves will further strengthen and grow Boeing and better serve our customers, employees, shareholders and other partners in the years ahead.
"Kevin is one of industry's best and most highly regarded senior executives, and we are thrilled to have him join Boeing and our strong Commercial Airplanes team. He's a passionate leader with decades of commercial aviation knowledge and experience. He knows Boeing well, shares our values and commitment to our people, and has the results-oriented operational and business experience needed to lead this vital and growing part of our company."
Deal will begin immediately finalising and executing plans to structure and organise the new business. It is expected to begin fully operating as the company's third major business unit by the third quarter of 2017, based in Dallas.
The appointments follow news earlier this week that the company is to cut 500 jobs and close two facilities in the US by the end of 2020, as it bids to make its defence, space and security business more efficient.
It will close plants in El Paso, Texas, and Newington, Virginia. The company said it will reduce facility space by about 4.5 million square feet.