US EditionKey Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of troubled 737s slows
- Spirit AeroSystems plans to lay off workers due to slow delivery rates on commercial aircraft, affected by Boeing's issues.
- Approximately 400 to 450 hourly employees will be cut based on a memo reported by Wichita-based KSN.
- The Wichita facility had 12,600 employees as of 2023, specializing in making fuselages for Boeing's 737 Max planes.
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Spirit AeroSystems To Lay Off Hundreds As Boeing Struggles with Production - Spirit AeroSystems Hldgs (NYSE:SPR)
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc (NYSE:SPR), a primary supplier of jet fuselages, is reducing its workforce by 400 to 450 employees at its Wichita, Kansas factory. The layoffs are a response to a production deceleration at Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), Spirit’s largest client. “The recent slowdown in the delivery rate on commercial programs compels a reduction to our workforce in Wichita,” Spirit stated. Originally part of Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems has…
Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of 737s slows
Spirit AeroSystems, a key Boeing supplier that makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max airplanes is laying off about 450 workers because production has slowed down ever since a panel flew off one of those airplanes operated by Alaska Airlines in midair in January. A spokesman for Spirit AeroSystems confirmed the layoffs at its Wichita, Kansas, plant on Thursday that would trim its workforce of just over 13,000 people. Spirit is Boeing’s most…
Layoffs coming to Boeing fuselage supplier Spirit AeroSystems
Layoffs are coming for the fuselage supplier behind the Boeing 737 Max mess. KSN, the local affiliate for NBC in Wichita, Kansas, reports that Spirit Aerosystems will be laying off as many as 450 workers in the coming weeks, according to an internal memo seen by the outlet.Read more...
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KVIAKey Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of troubled 737s slows
A key Boeing supplier that makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max airplanes is laying off about 450 workers. That's because production has slowed down ever since a panel
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