Spirit Aerosystems

A key theme emerging from industry events and the latest earnings reports in the first two months of 2025 was how the supply chain is—finally—on the mend.

The aircraft-maker’s much-anticipated production rate increases on its key programs remain tied to quality improvement targets that appear to be in sight.

The airframer faces challenges on several fronts in leaving stubborn problems in its wake this year.

Airbus faces challenges on several fronts in 2025 as the looming acquisition of sites from Spirit AeroSystems is proving more complex than hoped while engine deliveries remain slow.

The testbed and training center will be in the Spokane-Coeur D’Alene region of Washington State.

Spirit AeroSystems is making progress in its bid sell its Prestwick, Scotland, facility that supports Airbus programs, Airbus' Commercial CEO said.

A decade after the A350’s debut with Qatar Airways, Airbus aims to replicate its success in the freighter market.

More union action is possible, but managers have their own playbooks, too.

Boeing did not rush its production restart following the strike, and the climb to needed rates—notably for the 737—will not come quickly.

While demand for new aircraft remains strong, the industry must make big steps to increase production in 2025 and come closer to satisfying customers.

The SPEEA Wichita Engineering Unit voted to accept a four-year contract offer from Spirit AeroSystems.

Airframers drove a race to the bottom for their aerostructures suppliers, sending them to seek an exit.

Troubled Tier 1 aerostructures supplier Spirit AeroSystems is selling its Fiber Materials (FMI) business to Tex-Tech Industries for $165 million in cash.

Boeing expects to need several weeks to restart production on affected programs with deliveries likely to ramp up in a similarly slow fashion.

New CEO Kelly Ortberg can focus on reshaping and reinvigorating the battered aerospace giant with the machinists strike resolved.

Airbus is seeing the growing impact of problems at key suppliers such as Spirit AeroSystems, with its planned ramp-up for 2025 and beyond at stake.

The fuselage work will be conducted in-house at a facility located at Beech Field on Textron Aviation’s East Campus.

The two OEMs’ key challenges are the extensive interdependencies across their shared supply chain.

Unable to evaluate risks quickly and effectively in Boeing’s vast operation, the FAA depends on Boeing-produced data points to determine the airframer’s health.

Boeing and the International Association of Machinists (IAM) have reached a new tentative agreement that will be presented for a vote Nov. 4.

Airbus has selected MTU Aero Engines CEO Lars Wagner as the new head of its commercial aircraft business, succeeding long-time senior exec Christian Scherer.

There is a silver lining on the clouds that formed this year over Seattle, Wichita and elsewhere: the future looks undeniably brighter.

Spirit AeroSystems is racing to finish its sale to Airbus and Boeing or find enough bridge financing and cost cuts before otherwise running out of money.

Spirit AeroSystems, the Wichita-based lead supplier of aerostructures to Boeing, said it will furlough around 700 employees for 21 days starting Oct. 28.

Airbus is adhering to its production ramp-up target of delivering 770 aircraft in 2024, CEO of Airbus’s commercial aircraft business Christian Scherer said.