Daily Archives: Nov. 19, 2008

Eclipse’s largest customer, DayJet, files for bankruptcy

5:47 p.m.

Defunct Florida air-taxi operator, DayJet, has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation, according to Aero-News.

DayJet Corp., DayJet Leasing and DayJet Services claim $3.28 million in assets, versus $3.87 million in liabilities, the report said. More than 60 unsecured creditors were listed in court documents. The largest claim filed includes about $1.2 million owed to Eclipse Aviation, which makes the Eclipse 500 very-light jet operated by DayJet, and another $312,000 owned to Eclipse’s training operation, it said.

DayJet was Eclipse’s largest customer and had about 1,400 Eclipse 500s on order with the company.

DayJet, based in Boca Raton, Fla., ceased operations in September.

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Boeing to cut 800 jobs in Wichita

2:10 p.m.

The layoff news keeps coming. Boeing Wichita said today that it has to cut 800 jobs as work on current projects winds down.  A delay in the U.S. Air Force tanker program has hurt as well.

It’s the third round of bad news for Wichita and its manufacturing industry.  Hawker Beechcraft laid off 490 people this month, and Cessna plans to cut 500 jobs after the holidays because of the downturn in the economy.  Boeing’s cuts aren’t related to the economy. But they will have an impact just the same.

Read the story on Kansas.com and check tomorrow’s Eagle for more on the story…

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