Spirit Aerosystems

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If 2023 is any indication, 2024 could be a yearlong Festivus in the supply chain.

The coming year is shaping up to be even better than 2023 for aerospace and defense companies with both cash flow and profitability looking robust.

The new CEO of Spirit AeroSystems is expanding his imprint on the beleaguered aerostructure provider’s operations with the departure of COO Samantha Marnick.

Launch of the stretched A220 earlier than 2026 would free production slots for the higher-margin A321 and A321XLR variants—but a few hurdles stand in the way.

The Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO talks with Aviation Week about key issues facing the company.

Backed by recent major orders for the type, Airbus has decided monthly output of its most important widebody will increase to 10 aircraft per month in 2026.

Pat Shanahan is committed to eliminating disruptions at Spirit, saying: “The mindset I have is that we can be zero defects. We can eliminate all defects."

Spirit AeroSystems has cut its projected 737 deliveries to the OEM in 2023 to 345-360, from 370-390 before.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The memorandum of understanding boosts 787 shipset prices for 421 units starting with line no. 1164 and reduces 737 pricing from 2026 through 2033.

The Wichita aerostructures giant’s new leader has a familiar but formidable list of tasks to help set the company in the right direction.

The list of to-do tasks for the surprising new chief executive of leading aerostructures supplier Spirit AeroSystems is clear and daunting.

For too long, OEMs assumed that compliant aerostructures suppliers were a given. That era is over, and aerospace stakeholders must plan for a new reality.

Irish ULCC Ryanair says it will now receive just 14 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft between September and December, instead of the 27 previously expected.

VAECO and Spirit AeroSystems sign MRO agreement at MRO Asia-Pacific.

Listen to any senior executive at the top of the commercial aircraft supply chain and it won’t take long to hear concerns about struggles going on downstream.

Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems say the latest 737 MAX production-quality issue will affect near-term deliveries but not plans to boost production.

Spirit AeroSystems is on pace to boost 737 MAX shipset production to 42 units per month by year-end and stay there through 2024.

The oversized fastener holes are the result of an incorrect process at Spirit AeroSystems, which says it is working with Boeing to correct the 737 issue.

Tier 1 aerospace suppliers see the AAM industry as a way to bridge the business and technology gaps to the next single-aisle airliner.

While the issue disrupted deliveries to Boeing and impacted revenues, negative impacts will be partially offset by Spirit’s accelerating 737 production line.

The airframer is back to generating cash and on the way to meeting key promises to investors, citing growing stability in its commercial aircraft programs

The LCC had been planning to have all its new aircraft for summer 2024 in place by April 2024, but this timeline has now been pushed back to June 2024.