Between 250-350 employees at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita were notified Friday morning that their job will soon be furloughed for about a month because of a backlog, spokesperson Joe Buccino said.

Boeing said in March that it was in talks to acquire fuselage maker Spirit AeroSystems. The deal comes after a big leadership ...

More than a decade ago, Boeing walked out on Wichita, causing angst and fear from many workers. Now, as the mega-aircraft manufacturer is in talks to reacquire Spirit AeroSystems, which it sold ...

Sponsor Message After Spirit AeroSystems personnel completed that ... The fallout from door plug incident has caused extra anxiety in Wichita, a city with deep ties to the aviation industry.

WICHITA — It takes more than 200,000 fasteners to hold a Boeing 737 together, and many of them are installed manually by mechanics at Spirit AeroSystems. "You can run your finger down and feel ...

Spirit AeroSystems has made a series of moves this ... The aerospace manufacturer that is Wichita's largest employer announced Tuesday it was selling off $200 million in Class A common stock ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Machinists union members rallied outside Spirit AeroSystems Tuesday afternoon. They are trying to gain support for a better contract and say they will strike if they do ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Spirit Aerosystems reported a loss of $612.9 million on Thursday in its first quarter of 2025. The company also said on Friday it will be temporarily laying off 250-350 ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Spirit AeroSystems will furlough 700 workers for 21 days. The furlough comes as Boeing workers are still on strike. The strike started back on Sept. 13.

Wichita Machinists locked in a new contract with Spirit AeroSystems last summer guaranteeing wage increases and eliminating mandatory overtime work on weekends. Now, with the news that Boeing has ...

PARIS, June 22 (Reuters) - Spirit AeroSystems (SPR.N), opens new tab will suspend factory production on Thursday at its plant in Wichita, Kansas, the company said, after workers rejected a ...

Union workers at the Wichita site, which builds the entire ... on June 21 rejected a proposed four-year contract and voted to strike. Spirit AeroSystems announced on Thursday that it would shut ...