Spirit makes fuselages at the plant for Boeing's best-selling 737 Max plane, deliveries of which have slowed in the wake of a door panel blowout.
Spirit AeroSystems notified its Wichita workforce of layoffs of up to 450 employees that will take place in the coming weeks.A Boeing 737 MAX-10 lands over the Spirit AeroSystems logo during a flying display at the 54th International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, on June 22, 2023.
"We are committed to implementing this transition in as compassionate a manner as possible," Spirit said in a statement. About 12,600 people worked at the Wichita facility as of the end of 2023, according to the company's annual filing. Spirit makes fuselages at the plant for Boeing's best-selling 737 Max plane, deliveries of which have slowed in the wake of a door panel blowout and resulting safety crisis at Boeing.It reported a quarterly loss of $616.7 million for the first three months of the year. The company has struggled financially in recent years and was last profitable in 2019., which spun it off from in 2005.
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