MONTREAL — Bell Helicopter is laying off 1,100 employees around the world, including reportedly about 300 in Mirabel, north of Montreal, over weak military and commercial aircraft sales.
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The reductions, representing nearly 13 per cent of the Textron division’s workforce of 8,700, are expected to be completed by mid-summer.
The company said it had planned to reduce production of the V-22 military helicopter but the anticipated rebound in the commercial helicopter market didn’t happen.
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