Sale of Boeing's commercial operations to Onex completed

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The sale of <b><a class="headlinelink" href="http://www.kotv.com/main/home/searchKOTV.asp?mainSearch=Boeing">Boeing</a></b> airplane plants in Tulsa, McAlester and Wichita, Kansas, to

Friday, June 17th 2005, 6:51 am

By: News On 6

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The sale of Boeing airplane plants in Tulsa, McAlester and Wichita, Kansas, to Canada-based Onex Corporation is now final.

Completion of the $1.2 billion dollar means about 1,100 workers are losing their jobs at the three plants which will operate as Mid-Western Aircraft Systems starting today.

Boeing laid off all the workers in preparation for the sale and Onex isn't offering jobs to about 1,100. Those employees haven't been working, but Boeing continued to pay them until the sale went through.