Boeing UK

Boeing United Kingdom Ltd.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAerospace
Founded17 January 2002; 22 years ago (2002-01-17)[1]
HeadquartersLondon, England, UK
Area served
United Kingdom, Ireland
Key people
Services
  • Support solutions[buzzword]
  • Flight simulators
  • Aircraft maintenance
  • IT services
  • Aircraft parts production
Number of employees
~2,500 (15 April 2019)[2][3]
ParentBoeing
Divisions
  • Boeing Sheffield
  • Boeing Commercial Aviation Services Europe
  • Boeing Flight Services
  • Boeing Technical Services
Websitewww.boeing.co.uk

Boeing United Kingdom Limited (/ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/; or simply Boeing UK)[4] is a subsidiary of Boeing that operates in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The managing director of Boeing UK & Ireland is Sir Martin Donnelly, a former British civil servant, who is also president of Boeing Europe.[5][6][7] Donnelly succeeded Sir Michael Arthur who had been in the roles since 2014 after he was appointed president of Boeing International.[8][9] Boeing UK has approximately 2,500 employees accounting for 54% of Boeing’s European workforce. The company operates in more than 65 locations across the United Kingdom and Ireland including Bristol, Fleet, Frimley, Farnborough, Gosport, Yeovil, Salisbury and Manchester, with its primary headquarters located in Westminster.[3]

Boeing UK engages in educational projects related to aerospace, working alongside charity partners such as the Royal Aeronautical Society,[10] The Air League and Royal Air Force.[3] Outside of aerospace, Boeing UK has supported charities such as the Earth Restoration Service, The Prince's Trust and the Royal Academy of Engineering, funding environmental programmes and STEM-based projects. Boeing UK has more than 200 UK suppliers and strategic partnerships with six universities.[2]

  1. ^ "BOEING UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED". Companies House, GOV. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Boeing in the United Kingdom" (PDF). Boeing. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "About Boeing in the UK". Boeing UK. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. ^ "BOEING UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Executives: Sir Michael Donnely". Boeing UK. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Boeing Appoints Sir Martin Donnelly President Boeing Europe and Managing Director UK and Ireland". Boeing UK. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Sir Martin Donnelly appointed President Boeing Europe and MD UK and Ireland". ADS Advance. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Boeing's 'new boy' making the company more British". The Telegraph. 5 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Executives: Sir Michael Arthur". Boeing UK. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Schools Build a Plane Challenge". Boeing UK. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.