NEW YORK (AP) — Bombardier says it is cutting approximately 7,000 jobs, or about 11 percent of its total workforce.

The company said the 7,000 job cuts will include production and non-production employees, with 2,000 of the positions being contractors. It has 64,000 employees globally and reported in 2015 approximately 1850 of those are in Wichita.

Business segment	Targeted workforce reduction
Aerostructures and Engineering Services	2,500
Business Aircraft	500
Commercial Aircraft	0
Product Development Engineering, Aerospace	800
Transportation	3,200
Total	7,000

 

At the same time, it says it will hire for other positions in growing areas of its business. Bombardier Inc. plans to hire for its C Series aircraft program and other areas.

Bombardier said Wednesday that the job cuts and hirings will occur in 2016 and 2017.