Leonardo, the Italy-based aerospace company that is one of the major suppliers of parts for various commercial aircraft programs, will engage with its union regarding production issues of the Boeing 787 at the Grottaglie site, located in Southern Italy. Meeting with unions According to a report by Reuters , the representatives of the Italian Union of Metalworkers (Unione Italiana Lavoratori Metalmeccanici, UILM) will be meeting with Leonardo’s management about the future of the Grottaglie site. Simple Flying has approached Leonardo for comment.
The site is part of Leonardo’s Aerostructures division, which builds items for ATR, Airbus A220 , Airbus A321, Boeing 787, Boeing 767 , and other aircraft. For the 787 specifically, the Italian company produces the center fuselage sections 44 and 46 and the horizontal stabilizer. The Italian company’s nine-month financial result report, published on November 7, detailed that its Aerostructures division was its only loss-making segment.
At the end of September, Aerostructures’ earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization (EBITA) result was -€129 million ($136 million). “37 fuselage sections and 25 stabilizers were delivered for the B787 programme (against 27 fuselage sections and 23 stabilizers in 2023).” The Italian prosecutors have accused seven individuals and two companies of providing nonconforming titanium to Leonardo and then Boeing.
Angering unions However, a day after the Italian company published its nine-mo.