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Spirit assembles most of the 737 Max plane’s fuselage in Wichita before shipping them by rail to Boeing’s factory in Renton, Washington, for final assembly of the aircraft.
Boeing said Friday that it is in “preliminary discussions” to buy Spirit AeroSystems, which builds fuselages for Boeing 737 Max jetliners, including the one that suffered a door-panel blowout ...
The lack of quality control showed itself again earlier this year when on another 737 Max, a door plug in a Spirit-built fuselage popped out during an Alaska Airlines flight. Thankfully, no one ...
Wichita plant as seen in 2005, just before Spirit Aerosystems took control. Spirit was originally formed as Mid-Western Aircraft Systems when Boeing sold its Wichita factory along with facilities in Tulsa and McAlester to the investment firm Onex Corporation in June 2005 for US$900 million in cash and the assumption of $300 million in debt, a total of $1.2 billion in enterprise value.
Spirit Aero is also weighing some asset sales, such as U.S. defense composites maker Fiber Materials, a fourth source said. The supplier said in January 2020 it acquired FMI for $120 million.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. American low-cost airline For other uses, see Spirit Airlines (disambiguation). Spirit Airlines IATA ICAO Call sign NK NKS SPIRIT WINGS Founded 1983 (42 years ago) (1983) as Charter One Airlines Commenced operations 1990 (35 years ago) (1990) as Charter One Airlines May 29, 1992 (32 ...
The Aero Ae270 Spirit was a single-engine turboprop general utility aircraft that was developed by the Czech aircraft company Aero Vodochody. A prototype made its maiden flight in 2000, with European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Type Certification in 2005 and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification in 2006. [ 1 ]
Aerospace supplier Spirit AeroSystems manufactured and initially installed the fuselage part on a brand-new Boeing 737 Max 9 jet that suffered a blowout on Friday, but Boeing also has a key role ...