Tag: Aero

Spirit Aero chief in spotlight as Boeing searches for new CEO

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) – Boeing’s long-awaited announcement that it will buy back its struggling supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, now shifts the focus of investors to the planemaker’s search for a new CEO. Boeing has been looking for a new head after Dave Calhoun said in March he would step down by year-end, in […]

Spirit Aero chief in spotlight as Boeing searches for new CEO

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) – Boeing’s long-awaited announcement that it will buy back its struggling supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, now shifts the focus of investors to the planemaker’s search for a new CEO. Boeing has been looking for a new head after Dave Calhoun said in March he would step down by year-end, in […]

Airbus says to get $559 million compensation under Spirit Aero deal

PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s Airbus on Monday set out the terms under which it plans to buy certain loss-making activities of Spirit AeroSystems as part of a planned wider break-up of the supplier between Airbus and rival Boeing. The deal involves Airbus taking over work at loss-making plants that supply key parts for its A220 […]

Boeing to buy Spirit Aero in $4.7 billion deal after months of talks

-Boeing said on Monday it would buy its struggling supplier Spirit AeroSystems in a $4.7 billion all-stock deal which was finalized after months of talks, as the aerospace giant tries to solve a full-blown safety and regulatory crisis that has engulfed its key supplier as well. The total transaction value is about $8.3 billion, including […]

Boeing agrees to buy Spirit Aero for $4.3 billion

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Reuters reports that Boeing has agreed to buy Spirit Aero for $4.3 billion, according to its sources. Reuters sources say Boeing will pay $37.25 per share for Spirit Aero in an all-stock deal, $2.25 more than Bloomberg News reported Tuesday. The Boeing and Spirit boards met on Sunday and agreed to […]

Boeing Agrees to Buy Spirit Aero for $4.7 Billion in Stock Deal

(Bloomberg) — Boeing Co. agreed Sunday to purchase Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. for $37.25 per share in an all-stock deal that values the company at $4.7 billion, according to people with knowledge of the transaction. Most Read from Bloomberg The US planemaker also plans to assume about $3.5 billion of Spirit’s debt as part of […]

Exclusive-Boeing agrees deal to buy Spirit Aero for $4.3 billion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing agreed on Sunday to acquire Spirit AeroSystems for $37.25 per share, in an all-stock deal that values the supplier at more than $4 billion, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The boards of Boeing and Spirit met on Sunday and agreed to terms of the deal, the sources said. An […]

Airbus eyes operations at four Spirit Aero plants, sources say

PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus is poised to take over all or part of the operations of four Spirit AeroSystems plants as part of an impending deal that involves a carve-up of the U.S.-based aerostructures maker with Boeing, industry sources said. As expected, the two main plants involved in the transfer to Airbus are Kinston, North […]

Aero Fire triggers evacuations in Sierra Nevada foothills

(FOX40.COM) — In just a few hours, the Aero Fire became one of the largest in California this year, prompting the evacuation of communities near Copperopolis in Calaveras County. The blaze started on Monday afternoon around 3:20 p.m. just north of Copperopolis, near the intersection of Rock Creek Road and Highway 4, on a day […]