UK competition regulators are reviewing potential concerns posed by Boeing's planned acquisition of supplier Spirit ...

The news comes almost a year after both companies entered into a definitive agreement for Boeing to purchase Spirit AeroSystems.

A Polish airline has ordered 40 Airbus A220 planes, the wings of which are made in Belfast.The firm, Lot, has placed an order ...

Possible suitors for the non-Airbus parts of Spirit AeroSystems in Belfast are remaining tight-lipped while uncertainty remains over the future of 2,000 jobs at the business.

Airbus-Spirit AeroSystems deal leaves question mark over Belfast plant Updated / Tuesday, 29 Apr 2025 11:06 Spirit AeroSystems has a plant in Belfast that makes carbon wings for the A220 ...

Belfast aerospace giant Spirit AeroSystems has grown its four-year losses to more than $1bn. Losses have also increased by 50% in the last 12 months – growing to $339m (£255m). It’s also ...

Airbus is to take over part of the Spirit AeroSystems operation in Belfast. Spirit is Northern Ireland’s most significant manufacturing employer, with about 3,500 staff.

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Airplane fuselages bound for Boeing's 737 Max production facility await shipment on rail sidings at Spirit AeroSystems headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, U.S. December 10, 2024.

Europe’s Airbus has finalized an agreement to take some assets from Spirit AeroSystems, ... makes a crucial part of the A350 fuselage, and a plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, ...

In Belfast, Spirit’s plants also fabricate parts for Bombardier, Honda Aircraft, and Rolls-Royce, among others, and British labor unions are pressing for protections for their members.

In July Boeing agreed to buy Spirit AeroSystems in a £3.5 billion deal, with Airbus taking control of the part of the Spirit business in Belfast which makes wings and fuselage for its A220 jet.

Spirit AeroSystems' chief engineer Sean Black will lead the supplier's site in Wichita, Kansas, after Boeing completes its acquisition of Spirit this year, according to letters to employees on ...