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...A third possible contender is Patrick Shanahan, head of Boeing’s supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which supplied the door plug that blew out during the Alaska Airlines flight in January....
...The US Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation, and an audit of Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems found “multiple instances” of failure to comply with manufacturing quality controls...
...Clark said the airline would for the first time send its own engineers to observe the production process of the 777 at Boeing and its supplier Spirit AeroSystems....
...Wizz Air’s chief executive has said the extension of an incentive package to help him unlock a £100mn bonus shows the “prevalence of capitalist spirit” despite significant opposition from some investors....
...It separately has paid a 10 cent per month “ticking fee” to Spirit shareholders for a year. Spirit itself will only get $70mn....
...for Spirit....
...Technical specialists from the National Transportation Safety Board, the independent US government agency responsible for investigating civil transport accidents, will be poring over every inch of the door...
...Airbus is a European “champion” too, assembled from mergers and aided by state support, and uses a network of outsourced suppliers that also includes Spirit....
...It has also been in talks to acquire Spirit AeroSystems, the troubled fuselage supplier it spun off nearly 20 years ago....
...In order for a team from Spirit to replace the rivets, the door plug was opened in September, according to the report....
...The team will inspect Spirit’s installation of the door plugs and approve them before the completed fuselage sections are shipped to the plane maker’s factory at Renton in Washington....
...Boeing outsources much of its supply chain to thousands of suppliers, including Spirit....
...It took between two and four clicks to find bag fee information on the websites of American, Delta and United, but more than 10 for Spirit and Frontier....
...The fuselage containing the door panel arrived damaged at Boeing’s factory in Renton, Washington, from its supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, forcing workers to open the door plug to make repairs....
...Spirit is seeking to combine with JetBlue, despite the objections of regulators. Alaska Airlines has just announced a deal to acquire the smaller Hawaiian Airlines....
...A six-week audit by the FAA into Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems’ production and quality control processes found “multiple instances where the companies allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing...
...Regulators are auditing the manufacturing and quality control processes at Boeing and at Spirit AeroSystems, which supplies the fuselage for the 737 Max....
...The two cases last year and the Alaska incident all have Spirit in common — the Wichita, Kansas-based company builds the Max fuselages, including the door plug that fell off the plane....
...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....
...Boeing shares fell 8 per cent on Monday to $229 while those of Spirit AeroSystems dropped 11.1 per cent to $28.20....
...The blown out door plug, supplied by Boeing’s former subsidiary, Spirit AeroSystems, is now the focus of the probe. Spirit builds the fuselages and plugs for the Max and then ships them to Boeing....
...Spirit is a defendant in a securities lawsuit, refiled last month, that accuses the company of hiding quality lapses from investors....
...In August, it revealed that Spirit had incorrectly drilled holes in the rear of the aircraft fuselages, incurring further delays....
...The company “will be taking each and every learning”, he told reporters, adding that “we would expect Spirit to do the same”....
...Spirit’s share price offers little comfort. It is sitting at around $16, or less than half of JetBlue’s offer of $33.50....
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