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Boeing Acquires Spirit AeroSystems In $4.7 Billion All-Stock Deal

The comprehensive transaction, which includes Spirit's reported net debt, amounts to approximately $8.3 billion.

International Business Times

Boeing Says To Buy Subcontractor Spirit For $4.7 Billion

US aircraft manufacturer Boeing said Monday it had reached a "definitive deal" to buy its subcontractor Spirit, which has faced scrutiny over production quality control in recent months.

International Business Times

Boeing announces purchase of Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in stock

Boeing has announced plans to aquire Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in an all-stock transaction for the manufacturing firm

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North America’s best low-cost airline is not the one you think

The annual Skytrax ranking looks at budget airlines in different regions of the world.

The Street

Boeing Aims To Lift MAX Quality Control At Renton Factory

At its plane factory near Seattle, Boeing has increased employee training, appointed mentors for new recruits, brought back retirees as coaches and stepped up tracking of performance metrics.

International Business Times

Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems Deal Shines Light On This Steady Aerospace Climber

Boeing stock falls on details about its deal for supplier Spirit AeroSystems. Analysts see opportunity for FTAI Aviation amid 104% rally.

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Airbus shares plunge as plane maker cuts profit forecast

World’s largest aircraft manufacturer blames parts shortages for delays in production of A320neo

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Boeing's CEO hopes buying Spirit ends its woes (don't count on it)

The troubled aerospace giant hopes buying back the maker of its 737 fuselages will help turn the company around.

The Street

Huge retail brand hiring 50,000 workers

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United Airlines makes a move passengers won't like

The airline will be doing something that's a sophisticated take on the Spirit and Frontier Airlines' playbook.

The Street

Spirit CEO says airline will not file for bankruptcy

Spirit CEO Ted Christie said he’s “encouraged” by its plan after the JetBlue deal collapse.

The Street

Airport worker accused of stealing passenger luggage is arrested

A Spirit traveler waited two hours for her bag to turn up at the airport carousel.

The Street

Spirit Airlines makes a baggage change travelers will like

Spirit Airlines is promising its guests “flexibility and peace of mind.”

The Street

Terrified Spirit Airlines passengers brace for emergency water landing on flight from Jamaica to Florida

Spirit Airliens flight NK270 was forced to return to island’s Montego Bay shortly after takeoff

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I just flew Southwest for the first time ever — here is what it was like

Travel writer Veronika Bondarenko wrote about her first time flying with the airline.

International Business Times

Boeing Shares Tumble As Company Lowers 2024 Cash Forecast

Boeing shares were hammered Thursday after a top company official predicted another quarter of meager plane deliveries, likely resulting in negative cash for all of 2024.

The Independent UK

One Boeing whistleblower attends the memorial for another. The ‘air capital’ is on edge

The aviation industry has been at the epicenter of Wichita, Kansas – the self-styled “Air Capital of the World” – for more than a century. But as layoffs are announced and one Boeing supplier whistleblower attends a church service in memory of another, the second whistleblower to die in recent…

The Independent UK

Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems to lay off hundreds of staff days after whistleblower’s sudden death

Decision was announced in memo to Kansas-based staff of aerospace supplier

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The Independent UK

Key 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

The Street

JetBlue just cut flights to several cities people want to get to

The airline had already exited several key markets earlier this year.

The Guardian - UK

Boeing supplier regularly shipped parts with defects, whistleblower alleges

Santiago Paredes says he regularly found defects on fuselages being shipped by Spirit AeroSystems to Boeing

Salon

Another Boeing whistleblower dead

Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor, was one of the first to speak against leadership ignoring aircraft defects

The Guardian - US

Second Boeing whistleblower dies after short illness

Joshua Dean, 45, former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, alleged ‘gross misconduct by quality management’

The Street

Another Boeing whistleblower dies after raising safety concerns

Joshua Dean, who was a Boeing whistleblower, has died a month after a former Boeing employee was found dead in his car.

WEKU

Whistleblower Joshua Dean, who raised concerns about Boeing jets, dies at 45

Dean's family says he quickly fell into critical condition after being diagnosed with a MRSA bacterial infection. He is the second aviation whistleblower to die in the past three months.

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