Boeing has completed its acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, reintegrating Spirit's commercial operations responsible for manufacturing major structures for Boeing aircraft, along with several key sites and approximately 15,000 employees.
The acquisition aims to bring Spirit's legacy defense operations under Boeing as an independently governed subsidiary (Spirit Defense) and allow Boeing to impose uniform safety and quality standards across its supply chain.
As a result of U.S. regulatory rulings, Airbus simultaneously acquired Spirit's assets that produced components for its own aircraft, including facilities in North Carolina, France, Morocco, and parts of the UK, bringing over 4,000 workers into Airbus.
The company said Monday that it now owns all of Spirit’s Boeing-related commercial operations, including sites that make fuselages for the 737 program and major structures for the 767, 777, and 787. It also took over fuselage assembly for the P-8 and KC-46.
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Zach Vasile is a writer and editor covering news in all aspects of aviation. He has reported for and contributed to the Manchester Journal Inquirer, the Hartford Business Journal, the Charlotte Observer, and the Washington Examiner, with his area of focus being the intersection of business and government policy.
