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They asked not to be identified because they are not authorised to speak to the media.
“We are adjusting workforce levels through secondments, but we don’t disclose the details,” a spokesmen for MHI said. A Toyoda Gosei spokesman said he was unable to immediately comment.
Japan’s biggest heavy machinery maker will on Friday release results for the three months ended Sept 30, after posting a 71.3 billion yen ($680 million) operating loss in the first quarter.
Encouraged by the Japanese government, MHI started the SpaceJet programme in a bid to become a global commercial plane maker. Technical problems, however, forced it to delay its first delivery to ANA six times from 2013 to the end of March 2022.
ANA, Japan’s biggest carrier, on Tuesday said it plans to send more than 400 people to work elsewhere after it forecast an operating loss of 505 billion yen in the year to March 31.
($1 = 104.7900 yen)
Reporting by Maki Shiraki; writing by Eimi Yamamitsu and Tim Kelly; Editing by Lincoln Feast.
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