Boeing will reduce the size of its total workforce by 10% over the coming months, which amounts to around 17,000 jobs.

Boeing says it will cut about 10% of its workforce and slow production of planes as it deals with the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing grounding of its best-selling jet.

Layoffs have hit companies from Oracle to Meta to Intel this year amid a backdrop of cost-cutting and technological change.

Boeing will cut approximately 17,000 jobs over the coming months, reducing the total size of its workforce by about 10%.