Reports: Liberty Aerospace Trims FL Workforce | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-07.07.25

Airborne-NextGen-07.08.25

AirborneUnlimited-07.09.25

Airborne-FlightTraining-07.10.25

AirborneUnlimited-07.11.25

Mon, Apr 07, 2008

Reports: Liberty Aerospace Trims FL Workforce

Company Says More Work Will Go To Romania

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 04.07.08 1220 EDT: Aero-News continues to investigate reports Liberty Aerospace cut a part of its 180-person workforce in Melbourne, FL last week, as the fledgling planemaker looks to shift more manufacturing work overseas.

Florida Today reports Liberty CEO Keith Markley said the company plans to outsource more production work to eastern Europe, where the company employs 160 people. Company officials termed the workforce shift a "reorganization," but declined to state how many workers in Melbourne were laid off.

"As Liberty continues to expand production, the expense associated with this growth could be absorbed in the Romanian facility much better than in Florida," Markley wrote in a company statement.

Liberty's Romanian partner will manufacture "certain carbon fiber and other metal components" for the aircraft, according to the planemaker.

The announcement came as a surprise to Richard Ennis, Melbourne International's executive director. "We've heard nothing official or unofficial," said Ennis. "We would be surprised and disappointed to learn if it were true."

Liberty's news of layoffs came as shock to those in Melbourne for another reason -- in December, the planemaker said it planned to add up to 50 more workers in Florida, to aid in ramping up to produce a 600-plane order in China. Those workers were to assist China's Anyang Angel Aero Science and Technology in establishing production.

ANN has calls into company officials, and has spoken to several Liberty workers. Stay tuned.

FMI: www.libertyaerospace.com

Advertisement

More News

NTSB Final Report: Aviat A1

Airplane Bounced About 3 Ft Then Touched Back Down And Then, With No Brakes Applied, The Airplane Began Veering To The Left Analysis: The pilot entered the airport traffic pattern >[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.08.25)

Aero Linx: British Microlight Aircraft Association (BMAA) The primary focus within all aviation activity is SAFETY. In all aspects of our sport SAFETY must come first, whether it b>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: Fly Corvair’s Reliable Engine Alternative

From SnF25 (YouTube Edition): William Wynne Builds Practical Aircraft Engines on the Corvair Platform Seeking an affordable alternative to the traditional aircraft engine options, >[...]

ANN FAQ: Contributing To Aero-TV

How To Get A Story On Aero-TV News/Feature Programming How do I submit a story idea or lead to Aero-TV? If you would like to submit a story idea or lead, please contact Jim Campbel>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: CiES Fuel-Quantity and e-Throttle Systems Praised

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): Bridge of CiES CiES Inc. is a Bend, Oregon-based designer and manufacturer of modular embedded aircraft systems and sensors. The company’s fuel-l>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC