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...On Friday, the struggling jet maker confirmed it was considering reacquiring Spirit AeroSystems....
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...The mid-air breach of the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing aircraft has put the spotlight on Spirit AeroSystems, one of the plane maker’s biggest suppliers....
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...The fallout has also affected Spirit AeroSystems, a major Boeing supplier that installs the MAX 9’s “door plug” (ie the unused emergency door)....
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...But the incident is shining an uncomfortable spotlight on Boeing and one of its biggest suppliers, Spirit AeroSystems, which makes fuselages for the 737 Max....
...It is seeking to reacquire Spirit AeroSystems, the maker of its fuselages, in order to better control jet assembly. This gummed-up jet value chain is having downstream consequences....
...Ryanair has also raised the number of engineers on the production line of Spirit AeroSystems, one of Boeing’s largest suppliers, from four to eight....
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...In March, it stopped accepting fuselages from Wichita, Kansas-based supplier Spirit AeroSystems that failed to meet design and manufacturing standards....
...The company said it planned additional quality inspections of its manufacturing process, as well as that at supplier Spirit AeroSystems....
...It has also been in talks to acquire Spirit AeroSystems, the troubled fuselage supplier it spun off nearly 20 years ago....
...Sylvia Pfeifer and Claire Bushey’s insightful piece on Spirit AeroSystems’ plight viz-a-viz Boeing misses an important point (“Boeing panel blowout throws the spotlight on supplier Spirit”, Report, January...
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