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Boeing
to Move Corporate Headquarters
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Boeing announced
plans to move company headquarters from Seattle to
Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth or Denver. Boeing reported the move is
prompted by the need ”to be in a location central to our operating
units, customers and the financial community, but separate from our
existing operations.” Boeing hopes to select the new corporate
site by early summer and have operations functioning there by fall.
Boeing
has customer ties in each of the communities it is considering for
their headquarters relocation. Chicago, besides being a central air
hub, is the home to the headquarters of United Airlines. United
Airlines was part of a conglomerate in the 1930s which included
Boeing, and the airline has been a kickoff customer of most of the
legacy Boeing’s airliner models. Dallas-Fort Worth is also a major
airline hub, as well as being home to American Airlines, the
world’s largest airline, and Southwest Airlines, Boeing’s
largest airline customer. Dallas-Fort Worth is a short commuter
flight from Houston, where the NASA space station management is
located. Denver is a smaller airline hub, but has just opened a new
modern airport. Denver is just north of Colorado Springs, which is
home to the U.S. Air Force Space Command, which is a major Boeing
customer. Denver is also centrally located to Boeing’s major
production operations in Seattle, St. Louis and Southern California.
Boeing has 198,900 employees.
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