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After 100,000 lost jobs, aviation industry aims to roar back
EVERETT — The nation’s aerospace industry laid off an estimated 100,000 workers last year and furloughed another 220,000 due to the COVID-19-induced downturn in air travel.
Revenues plummeted 50% or more at some firms.
Local aerospace companies — including Aviation Technical Services in Everett, aircraft component manufacturer Senior Aerospace AMT in Arlington and composite materials maker Hexcel in Burlington — were forced to lay off hundreds of workers in their struggle to stay in business.
Now some of those companies are faced with a new challenge: ramping up operations quickly.
https://www.heraldnet.com/business/after-100000-lost-jobs-aviation-industry-aims-to-roar-back/