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Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc

  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Boeing’s $4.7bn Spirit deal sparks fears over future of Belfast jobs

    Politicians and union leaders warn against dismantling the aircraft supplier in Northern Ireland as Airbus considers options

    Spirt AeroSystems headquarters in Kansas
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    Boeing agrees to buy Spirit AeroSystems in $4.7bn deal

    US aircraft manufacturer will bring parts supplier back under its wing after two decades apart

    The headquarters of Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Airbus and Boeing near deal to carve up Spirit AeroSystems

    Announcement on complex agreement between the three companies could come as early as next week

    The headquarters of Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Aircraft manufacturing
    Boeing and Airbus bought plane sections with falsely certified metal

    US air safety regulators are investigating scope and impact of issue that started with titanium originating in China

    A Boeing 787 Dreamliner under production at the company’s manufacturing facility in North Charleston, South Carolina
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing’s 737 Max deliveries slow down after door panel accident

    Just 16 aircraft shipped to customers last month as company improves manufacturing processes

    The side of a Boeing 737 Max
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    Aircraft manufacturing
    Supplier to Boeing and Airbus warns against break-up of N Ireland facility

    Dismantling Spirit AeroSystems’ Belfast operations would harm region’s aerospace industry, says UK chair

    Spirit AeroSystems in Belfast
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems’ cash and inventory woes mount

    Fuselage maker’s deliveries have slowed as the groups deal with increased scrutiny after Alaska Airlines incident

    Spirit AeroSysems headquarters
  • Sunday, 10 March, 2024
    Aircraft manufacturing
    How the crisis at Boeing is threatening a historic Belfast factory

    Uncertainty clouding Short Brothers plant is an unintended consequence of US plane maker’s move to undo Spirit spin-off

    Ulster Aviation Society chair and former Shorts employee Ray Burrows
  • Monday, 4 March, 2024
    LexBoeing Co
    Re-merger of Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems pits quality control against value creation

    Acquisition might please regulators but would strain jet maker’s liquidity and efficiency measures

    Boeing 737 Max aircraft parked at its factory near Seattle
  • Friday, 1 March, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing in talks to acquire fuselage supplier Spirit AeroSystems

    Plane maker says reintegrating its former unit would strengthen safety and improve quality

    A Boeing 737 Max aircraft
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing 737 Max in door panel blowout lacked four bolts, regulator says

    Preliminary report by NTSB finds part that detached had been removed at Washington factory

    An NTSB investigator examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 Max
  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2024
    Ryanair Holdings PLC
    Ryanair doubles number of engineers overseeing Boeing’s production lines

    Safety experts raise concerns over plane maker’s request for a regulatory exemption on critical safety rules for the Max 7

    A Boeing 737-Max 8 in the air
  • Monday, 15 January, 2024
    Boeing Co
    ‘It ain’t working’: Boeing’s quality pledges in question after Max 9 incident

    US group’s efforts to strengthen engineering processes are coming under scrutiny after mid-air door plug blowout

    Workers walk by an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft with a door plug awaiting inspection at the airline’s hangar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Grounded Boeing planes won’t return to service until they are safe, official says

    US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg says he has spoken with chief executive following 737 Max door panel mishap

    An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 plane is parked on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    US & Canadian companies
    What the Max 9 mess means for Boeing’s debt

    Loss of air pressure → Lots of cash pressure

  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing’s Alaska Airlines blowout puts focus on Spirit AeroSystems

    Company is one of the world’s largest suppliers of aircraft structures

    A Boeing 737-900er passengers aircraft of Alaska Airlines
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing and supplier shares fall after mid-flight accident

    Investigators locate door plug that blew out of 737 Max aircraft

    Passenger oxygen masks hang from the roof next to a missing window and a portion of a side wall of Alaska Airlines flight 1282
  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    News in-depthBoeing Co
    Boeing tries to rise above quality failures at 737 Max supplier

    Jet manufacturer faces delays after being forced to deal with cash crisis and have tasks redone at Spirit AeroSystems

    Airplane fuselages bound for Boeing’s 737 Max production facility await shipment on rail sidings at their top supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, in Wichita, Kansas
  • Friday, 14 April, 2023
    Boeing Co
    Boeing warns of delays to 737 Max deliveries over production issue

    Disruption expected to exacerbate aircraft shortage that has affected airlines globally

    A Boeing 737 Max
  • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
    Boeing Co
    Boeing tells supplier to cut deliveries

    Spirit AeroSystems shares tumble on further fallout from 737 Max crisis

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    Bombardier Inc
    Bombardier offloads Belfast plant to Spirit AeroSystems

    US company agrees $500m deal for 3 of Canadian group’s aerospace sites

    Bombardier Aerospace engineers work inside a section of the Globe Express fuselage in Belfast, U.K., on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. Bombardier Inc., the world's third-largest commercial-aircraft maker, said business-jet orders are slowing as the credit crunch forces companies to rein in spending. Photographer: Paul McErlane/Bloomberg News
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2019
    Aerospace & Defence
    Boeing woes hit supplier Spirit as it suspends guidance

    US manufacturer’s biggest parts provider suffers in wake of 737 Max production cuts

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    Largest Arconic shareholder seeks to oust Kleinfeld as chief

    Activist Elliott Management targets metals company’s shareholder returns and culture

    Klaus Kleinfeld, chief executive officer of Alcoa Inc., reacts during a session on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. World leaders, influential executives, bankers and policy makers attend the 45th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos from Jan. 21-24. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 30 September, 2014
    Aerospace & Defence
    Airbus wins safety approval to launch A350 jet

    Aerospace industry is turning to re-engineered jets

  • Monday, 18 July, 2011
    US & Canadian companies
    Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner close to arrival
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